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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

  • ὅτι εἴρηται ἀρσενικῶσ ὁ θύμοσ καὶ ὁ ὀρίγανοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 77 2:2)
  • οἱ δὲ φρόνιμοι, καθάπερ ταῖσ μελίτταισ μέλι φέρει τὸ δριμύτατον τῶν φυτῶν καὶ ξηρότατον ὁ θύμοσ, οὕτωσ ἀπὸ τῶν δυσχερεστάτων πολλάκισ πραγμάτων οἰκεῖόν τι καὶ χρήσιμον αὑτοῖσ λαμβάνουσι. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 5 2:2)
  • Ὑγρῆναι τὴν Ῥῖνα προκλήσι · ὁσμαῖσ δριμείασισ μὲν ἐσ αἴσθησιν, ἐσ δύναμιν δὲ θερμαῖσ · ὁκοῖον αὐτὸ τὸ καστόριον, ἢ θύμβρα, ἢ γλήχων, ἢ θύμοσ, χλωρὰ, ἢ ξηρὰ δευθέντα ὄξεϊ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 127)
  • 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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