θύω
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Etymon-lemma
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θυμέλη: νῦν μὲν θυμέλην καλοῦμεν τὴν τοῦ θεάτρου σκηνήν. καὶ ἔοικε παρὰ τὸ θύειν κεκλῆσθαι ὁ τόπος οὗτος.
Translation (En)
Thumelē "hearth". Nowadays we call thumelē the skēnē in theaters. And it seems that this place was so called from thuein "to burn offerings"
Parallels
Porphyry, De abstinentia 2.59 (Ὅθεν καὶ θυσίαι καὶ θυηλαὶ καὶ θυμέλαι ἐκαλοῦντο, καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ θύειν τοῦ θυμιᾶν εἴχετο καὶ τὸ νῦν παρ’ ἡμῖν λεγόμενον ἐπιθύειν); Orion, Etymologicum, theta, p. 72 (Θυμέλη. παρὰ τὸ ἐπ’ αὐτῆς τίθεσθαι τὰ θυόμενα ἱερεῖα); Suda, theta 555 (Θυμέλη: ὁ βωμός. ἀπὸ τοῦ θύειν); ibid., sigma 569 (ἔστι μετὰ τὴν ὀρχήστραν βωμὸς τοῦ Διονύσου· ὃ καλεῖται θυμέλη παρὰ τὸ θύειν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 743 (μετὰ τὴν ὀρχήστραν βωμὸς ἦν τοῦ Διονύσου, τετράγωνον οἰκοδόμημα κενὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου, ὃ καλεῖται θυμέλη, πρὸς τὸ θύειν)
Comment
Correct derivational etymology