θυΐτης

θῠΐτης [pron. full] [ῑ] (sc. λίθος), ου, ὁ,

A an Ethiopian stone, Dsc.5.136, Gal. 12.198.

θυί̱της, θυίτης

an Ethiopian stone: masc nom sg

θυί̱του, θυίτης

an Ethiopian stone: masc gen sg

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `burnt sacrifice', mostly in plur. θύη (Il.),

Dialectal forms: Myc. tu-we-a `aromatic products

Compounds: As 1. member in θυο-σκόος (s. v.), θυο-δόκος `accepting burnt offerings' (E.), θυη-πόλος `making sacrifice, priest(ess)' (A., E.), with - έω, - ία ( θυη- after the plur.?; cf. also Schwyzer 438f.).

Derivatives: θυόεις, θυήεις (s. above and Schwyzer 527) `rich in incense etc., fragrant' (Il.; θυῶεν εὑῶδες H.); θυώματα pl. `incense, spices' (Ion.), lengthened from θύος (cf. Chantraine Formation 187) rather than from a denomin. *θυόομαι, - όω, though this supposed by the ptc. τεθυωμένος `with odour' (Ι 172 u. a.), to which also θυωθέν (Hedyl. ap. Ath. 11, 486b); θυΐσκη (LXX, J.; v. l. - ος), also θύσκη, - ος (pap., Suid., EM) f. `censer (container for incense)' (after καδίσκος a. o.; Chantraine Formation 406); θυΐτης ( λίθος) m. name of an Ethiopian stone (Dsc., Gal.; Redard Les noms grecs en - της 55). -

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [261] * dʰeuH- `smoke?'

Etymology: Primary deriv. from 2. θύω, s. v. - From there Lat. LW [loanword] tūs, tūris n. `(frank)incense'; s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - On θυέστης, θυεία s. v.

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