The corpus record

θυηλή

thuele · ἡ

part of a victim offered in burnt-sacrifice

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Where it lives

Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

part of a victim offered in burnt-sacrifice, sacrifice, an offering

part of a victim offered in burnt-sacrifice, usu. in pl., ὁ δʼ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς Il. 9.220, cf. Philoch. 172, Nic. Fr. 62, Ath. 13.566a: generally, sacrifice, ἄνευ θυηλῶν Ar. Av. 1520; θυηλαὶ ἀναίμακτοι AP 6.324.3 (Leon.Alex.); θυσίαι καὶ θ. D.S. 3.62, Porph. Abst. 2.59: metaph., θυηλὴ Ἄρεος an offering to Ares, i.e. the blood of the slain, S. El. 1423; ἄτης θυηλαί cj. Herm. for θύελλαι, A. Ag. 819; cf. θυάλημα, θύλημα.

In the wild

θυηλάς · thyēlas Iliad 9.220
θυηλῆς · thyēlēs Sophocles, Electra 1422–1423

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. θυηλή (scan p. 609; entry #2626).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θυηλή (scan p. 463; entry #3267).

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