θυία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably related to θύον (thúon, “cypress-pine”). The two words could be derived from θύω (thúō, “to burn”) but this is not clear. Possibly from θύω (thúō, “I sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy̌ː.aː/ → /ˈθy.a/ → /ˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy̌ː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/

Noun

θυίᾱ • (thuíā) f (genitive θυίᾱς); first declension

1. stinking juniper (Juniperus foetidissima)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θυίᾱ; τῆς θυίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θυίᾱ hē thuíā	τὼ θυίᾱ tṑ thuíā	αἱ θυῖαι hai thuîai
Genitive	τῆς θυίᾱς tês thuíās	τοῖν θυίαιν toîn thuíain	τῶν θυιῶν tôn thuiôn
Dative	τῇ θυίᾳ têi thuíāi	τοῖν θυίαιν toîn thuíain	ταῖς θυίαις taîs thuíais
Accusative	τὴν θυίᾱν tḕn thuíān	τὼ θυίᾱ tṑ thuíā	τᾱ̀ς θυίᾱς tā̀s thuíās
Vocative	θυίᾱ thuíā	θυίᾱ thuíā	θυῖαι thuîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θύϊνος (thúïnos)
• θυῖον (thuîon)

 

Descendants

• Translingual: Thuja

Further reading

• “θυία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θυία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette