θυωρίς

θυωρίς

a table for offerings: fem nom sg

θυωρίς, ίδος, ἡ, Opfertisch

θῠωρ-ίς (sc. τράπεζα), ίδος, ἡ,

A a table for offerings, Poll.4.123; cf. θυωρός.

θῠωρ-ός, όν, ([etym.] θύος)

A taking care of offerings: as Subst. (sc. τράπεζα),= θυωρίς, Call.Dian. 134, BCH 11.161 ([place name] Lagina);

οἱ θεοὶ τὴν τράπεζαν θυωρὸν καλοῦσιν Pherecyd.Syr. 12

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II ([etym.] θύος) perfumer, Nic.Th. 103.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `offer-table,`ἱερὰ τράπεζα' (Pherekyd. Syr., Call.),

Other forms: also θυωρίς f. (Poll.).

Derivatives: θυωρίτης τραπεζίτης H., metaph. Lyc. 93 (cf. Redard Les noms grecs en - της 40); θυωρία `offerfeast, meal' (Didyma), θυωρεῖσθαι εὑωχεῖσθαι H.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1164] * uer- `observe'

Etymology: From *θυο-Ϝωρός (cf. θυωρόν τράπεζαν την τὰ θύη φυλάσσουσαν H.), Güntert Götter und Geister 120, s. also θυρωρός (but θυο- is difficult). Through association with θεός, θεωρία etc. arose the notations θεωρίς, θεωρία (Poll., Didyma, Rom.empire). - Diff. Kalén Quaest. gramm. graecae 11f.: θυω- \> θεω- phonetically conditioned; θυωρός \< *θυ-ᾱϜορος to ἀείρω (cf. μετέωρος a. o.)[improbable]. (Not from *θυε-ωρος, with impossible form *θυε-, DELG.)

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