The corpus record

θυιάς

thuias · ἡ

inspired, possessed woman

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k

What it meant

θυιάς · thyias — LSJ

inspired, possessed woman, Bacchante

inspired, possessed woman, esp. Bacchante, ll. cc., cf. A. Th. 836, Supp. 564 (both lyr.), Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.293f, etc.; cf. foreg.

II frantic, mad for love

fem. Adj., frantic, mad for love, Lyc. 143.

In the wild

Θυιὰς · Thyias Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 835–837
Θυιὰς · Thyias Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 497–498
θυιὰς · thyias Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 556–564

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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