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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

  • τὺ δ’, ὦ μάκαιρα, μειδιάσαισ’ ἀθανάτω προσώπω ἤρε’, ὄττι δἦν τὸ πέπονθα κὤττι δηὖτε κάλημι, κὤττ’ ἔμω μάλιστα θέλω γενέσθαι μαινόλᾳ θύμω· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2323)
  • "μῦμα δὲ παντὸσ ἱερείου, καὶ ὄρνιθοσ δὲ χρὴ ποιεῖν τὰ ἁπαλὰ τῶν κρεῶν μικρὰ συντεμόντα καὶ τὰ σπλάγχνα καὶ τὸ ἔντερον καὶ τὸ αἷμα διαθρύψαντα καὶ ἀρτύσαντα ὄξει, τυρῷ ὀπτῷ, σιλφίῳ, κυμίνῳ, θύμῳ χλωρῷ καὶ ξηρῷ, θύμβρᾳ, κοριάννῳ χλωρῷ τε καὶ ξηρῷ, καὶ γητείῳ καὶ κρομμύῳ καθαρῷ πεφωσμένῳ ἢ μήκωνι καὶ σταφίδι ἢ μέλιτι καὶ ῥόασ ὀξείασ κόκκοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 823)
  • περίπατοι μακροὶ, εὐθέεσ, ἀνέλικτοι, εὔπνοοι , ὑπὸ δένδρεσι μὲν μυρσίνησ, ἢ δάφνησ, ἢ τοῖσι δριμέσι, καὶ εὐώδεσι βοτάνῃσι δὲ, καλαμίνθῃ, γλήχωνι, θύμῳ, ἡδυόσμῳ · μάλιστα μὲν τοῖσι ἀγρίοισι, αὐτομάτοισι· ἢν δὲ μὴ, κἀν ποιητοῖσι· ἐν τοῖσι καὶ αἰῶραι μακραὶ καὶ αἵδε εὐθέεσ· ὁδοιπορίῃσι καλὸν χρέεσθαι, μὴ παρὰ ποταμὸν εἰσ τὸ Ῥεῦμα ἐνορῆν, ̔ ἰλίγγων γὰρ ποιητικὸν Ῥόοσ,̓ μηδὲ ἐσ κύκλον στρωφώμενον, μηδὲ βέμβικα δινεύμενον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 136)
  • οἱ ὕπνοι νύκτωρ μὲν, δι’ ἡμέρησ δὲ περίπατοι, ἀναφωνήσιεσ, αἰώρη, ἥ τε ἐν δάφνῃσι, ἢ μυρρίναισι , ἢ θύμῳ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 69)
  • αἰ δὲ ταῦτα φέρην ἀνέμοισιν ἐπιτρόπῃσ, ἐν θύμῳ δὲ λέγῃσ "τί με δαιμόνι’ ἐνόχλησ; (Theocritus, Idylls, 20)
  • εἰσ βουλὴν αὐτῶν μὴ ἔλθοι ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ συστάσει αὐτῶν μὴ ἐρείσαι τὰ ἥπατά μου, ὅτι ἐν τῷ θυμῷ αὐτῶν ἀπέκτειναν ἀνθρώπουσ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐνευροκόπησαν ταῦρον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:6)
  • καὶ ὀργισθήσομαι θυμῷ καὶ ἀποκτενῶ ὑμᾶσ μαχαίρᾳ, καὶ ἔσονται αἱ γυναῖκεσ ὑμῶν χῆραι καὶ τὰ παιδία ὑμῶν ὀρφανά. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:24)
  • καὶ ἡνίκα ἤγγιζε τῇ παρεμβολῇ, ὁρᾷ τὸν μόσχον καὶ τοὺσ χορούσ, καὶ ὀργισθεὶσ θυμῷ Μωυσῆσ ἔρριψεν ἀπὸ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ τὰσ δύο πλάκασ, καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτὰσ ὑπὸ τὸ ὄροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:19)
  • πορεύσομαι κἀγὼ μεθ̓ ὑμῶν θυμῷ πλαγίῳ, καὶ πατάξω ὑμᾶσ κἀγὼ ἑπτάκισ ἀντὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 26:24)
  • καὶ αὐτὸσ πορεύσομαι μεθ̓ ὑμῶν ἐν θυμῷ πλαγίῳ, καὶ παιδεύσω ὑμᾶσ ἐγὼ ἑπτάκισ κατὰ τὰσ ἁμαρτίασ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 26:28)

Synonyms

  1. a warty excrescence

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

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