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θύμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 해부학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θύμος θύμου

Structure: θυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a warty excrescence, so called from its likeness to a bunch of thyme-flower
  2. the thymus gland

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῦτο μὲν δή σοι τὸ πρῶτον, ὦ ἑταῖρε, καὶ ἥδιστον ἐκεῖνο δεῖπνον, οὐκ ἔμοιγε τοῦ θύμου καὶ τῶν λευκῶν ἁλῶν ἥδιον ὁπηνίκα βούλομαι καὶ ὁπόσον ἐλευθέρωσ ἐσθιομένων. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 19:1)
  • διαρραγείησ, ὡσ μόθων εἶ καὶ φύσει κόβαλοσ, ὅστισ φενακίζεισ, φράσαι δ’ οὔπω τέτληκασ ἡμῖν, οἳ πολλὰ μοχθήσαντεσ οὐκ οὔσησ σχολῆσ προθύμωσ δεῦρ’ ἤλθομεν, πολλῶν θύμων ῥίζασ διεκπερῶντεσ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Parodos19)
  • καὶ τοῦ θύμου τρίβων κυκῶμαι· (Aristophanes, Peace, Parabasis, antistrophe 13)
  • καίτοι οὐδ̓ αὐτοῖσ ἐκείνοισ ἡδύ ἐστιν αὐτὸ καθ̓ ἡμέραν καὶ πέρα τοῦ κόρου ἐσθίειν τούτων, ἀλλὰ ἴδοισ ἂν αὐτοὺσ οὕτω λαχάνων καὶ θύμου ὀρεγομένουσ ἐνίοτε, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ σὺ τῶν λαγωῶν καὶ ὑῶν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 2 4:8)
  • ἕτεροσ δὲ Θουκυδίδου ζηλωτὴσ ἄκροσ, οἱο͂σ εὖ μάλα τῷ ἀρχετύπῳ εἰκασμένοσ, καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ὡσ ἐκεῖνοσ σὺν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ ὀνόματι ἤρξατο, χαριεστάτην ἀρχῶν ἁπασῶν καὶ θύμου τοῦ Ἀττικοῦ ἀποπνέουσαν. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 152)
  • ἐπικατάρατοσ ὁ θυμὸσ αὐτῶν, ὅτι αὐθάδησ, καὶ ἡ μῆνισ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐσκληρύνθη. διαμεριῶ αὐτοὺσ ἐν Ἰακὼβ καὶ διασπερῶ αὐτοὺσ ἐν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:7)
  • καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆσ πρὸσ Ἀαρὼν καὶ Ἐλεάζαρ καὶ Ἰθάμαρ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ αὐτοῦ τοὺσ καταλελειμμένουσ. τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν οὐκ ἀποκιδαρώσετε καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν οὐ διαρρήξετε, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν συναγωγὴν ἔσται θυμόσ. οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ ὑμῶν πᾶσ ὁ οἶκοσ Ἰσραὴλ κλαύσονται τὸν ἐμπυρισμόν, ὃν ἐνεπυρίσθησαν ὑπὸ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 10:6)
  • καὶ φυλάξεσθε τὰσ φυλακὰσ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ τὰσ φυλακὰσ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται θυμὸσ ἐν τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:5)
  • καὶ ἐροῦσι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. διατὶ ἐποίησε Κύριοσ οὕτω τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ̣ τίσ ὁ θυμὸσ τῆσ ὀργῆσ ὁ μέγασ οὗτοσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 29:23)
  • θυμὸσ δρακόντων ὁ οἶνοσ αὐτῶν καὶ θυμὸσ ἀσπίδων ἀνίατοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:33)

Synonyms

  1. a warty excrescence

    • θῡμός (a warty excrescence, so called from its likeness to a bunch of thyme-flower)
  2. the thymus gland

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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