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thiasus
thiasus
English
Noun
thiasus (plural thiasi)
- (in Ancient Greece) A group of singers and dancers assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods
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Alternative forms
- thyasus
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek θῐ́ᾰσος (thíasos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʰi.a.sus/, [ˈtʰi.a.sʊs]
Noun
thiasus m (genitive thiasī); second declension
- A group of singers and dancers assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods, expecially Bacchus
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | thiasus | thiasī |
| genitive | thiasī | thiasōrum |
| dative | thiasō | thiasīs |
| accusative | thiasum | thiasōs |
| ablative | thiasō | thiasīs |
| vocative | thiase | thiasī |
References
- thiasus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- thiasus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “thiasus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- thiasus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers