θύω2
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Θύσανος· παρὰ τὸ θύνω τὸ ὁρμῶ
Translation (En)
Thusanos "fringe": from thunō "to rush headlong"
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D Schol. Il. 14.181 ( Θυσάνοις. Κροσσοῖς. Παρὰ τὸ θύσεσθαι. ὅ ἐστι, κινεῖσθαι); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, alpha 278 (ἀποθύμια (Ξ 261): παρὰ τὸ θύω, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ θυμός, ὁ μέλλων θύσω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ θύσανος καὶ θύσθλα); Suda, theta 494 (λέγεται γὰρ καὶ θυστήριος ἀπὸ τοῦ θύειν, ὅ ἐστιν ὁρμᾶν. ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ τὸ αἰωρούμενον θύσανον); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 1, p. 384 (Πλεκτοὶ δὲ οἱ θύσανοι, ὡς εἰκός, καὶ διὰ τὸ ἠερέθεσθαι θύοντες, ὅ ἐστι σειόμενοι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 455 (Λέγεται καὶ θυστήριος, ἀπὸ τοῦ θύειν, ὅ ἐστιν ὁρμᾶν· ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ τὸ αἰωρούμενον, θύσανον); ibid., p. 459 (Θυσσανόεσσα: Κροσσοὺς ἔχουσα. Ἀπὸ τοῦ θύω, τὸ ὁρμῶ καὶ κινῶ, γίνεται θύσανος θυσανόεις· καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν, θυσσανόεσσα); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, theta, p. 1060 (Θύσανοι. οἱ κροσσοί. [παρὰ τὸ θύω, τὸ ὁρμῶ, ὁ μέλλων θύσω, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ θύσανος καὶ θυσανόεις); Geneva Schol. Il. 14.181 ([θυσάνοις] παρὰ τὸ θύεσθαι, ὅ ἐστι κινεῖσθαι)
Comment
Derivational etymology, referring to the mobility of the tassels in a fringe. Orion provides the etymon as θύνω, while other sources have θύω.