The corpus record

θύσανος

thusanos · ὁ

tassel, tassels, fringe, tassels of the αἰγίς

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

tassel, tassels, fringe, tassels of the αἰγίς, tufts, long arms

tassel: mostly in pl., tassels, fringe, Hom. (only in Il.), of the tassels of the αἰγίς, 2.448; ζώνῃ ἑκατὸν θυσάνοις ἀραρυίῃ 14.181, cf. Hes. Sc. 225, Hdt. 4.189; οἱ τῆς ὀθόνης θ. Ach.Tat. 5.24; πέπλος ἄχρι τῶν θ. πεποικιλμένος Them. Or. 18.222c; of the tufts of the golden fleece, Pi. P. 4.231; of the long arms of the cuttle fish, Opp. H. 3.178; δικτυωτὸς θ. D.S. 18.26. (Possibly connected with θύσσομαι, θύω.)

In the wild

θύσανοι · thysanoi Herodotus, Histories 4.189.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5272)
θύσανοι · thysanoi Shield of Heracles 225
θυσάνοις · thysanois Iliad 14.181
θύσανοι · thysanoi Iliad 2.448

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. θύσανος (scan p. 613; entry #2643).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θύσανος (scan p. 461; entry #3255).

Ask the librarian

Ask about θύσανος →