1. θύω · thyō — Beekes
tempestuous
The corpus record
θύω
thuo
tempestuous
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Against Nicomachus 5 · 26.6/10k
- Birds 23 · 21.58/10k
- Jonas 2 · 19.01/10k
- Against Andocides 4 · 15.4/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 13 · 14.56/10k
- Osee 5 · 13.26/10k
- Against Neaera 10 · 10.99/10k
- Busiris 3 · 10.92/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 9 · 10.85/10k
- Minos 3 · 10.52/10k
- Anabasis 59 · 10.5/10k
- Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 5 · 10.28/10k
Densest 12 of 119 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. θύω · thyō — Beekes
to rush in, storm, rage
3. θύω · thyō — Beekes
to offer by burning, sacrifice, slaughter
4. θύω · thyō — Chantraine
1 θύω : « bondir, s'élancer avec fureur », dit du vent, des eaux, de guerriers (
5. θύω · thyō — Chantraine
2 θύω : Hom
Attestations
- θύει · thyei Iliad 1.342
- θῦσαι · thysai Iliad 9.219
- θῦεν · thyen Iliad 11.180
- θῦεν · thyen Iliad 16.699
- θύων · thyōn Iliad 21.234
- θύων · thyōn Iliad 21.324
6 of 679 attestations shown. Ask for more.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 614-615; entry #2647 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 462; entry #3263 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
Downloads
Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)
CC BY 4.0, with receipt attribution. What is exportable