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|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῑ], θῑνός</b> : ὁ <span class="bibl">Il.23.693</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>696</span>, Phld. (v. infr.); ἡ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>591</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1124</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>548b6</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>126</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.3.44</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[heap]], πολὺς ὀστεόφιν θίς <span class="bibl">Od.12.45</span>; θῖνες νεκρῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>818</span>: metaph., θὶς πημάτων Lyc.812; esp. of <b class="b2">sand-banks</b>, θῖνες ψάμμου <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.26</span>; <b class="b3">ἄμμου, γῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Art.</span>18</span>; τοὺς ἐν ἄμμῳ θῖνας <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Piet.</span>20</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>548b6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">537a25</span>; θῖνας καὶ ψάμμους <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>4.21</span>; of the [[sandy deserts]] of Libya, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1384</span>; <b class="b3">Νασαμώνων αὔλια καὶ δολιχὰς θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>126</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> usu. in Hom., etc., [[beach]], [[shore]], freq. in oblique cases, παρὰ θῖνα… θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Il.1.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.6.236</span>, etc.; παρὰ θῖν' ἁλὸς ἀτρυγέτοιο <span class="bibl">Il.1.316</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">350</span>, etc.; alone, ἐπὶ θινί <span class="bibl">Od.7.290</span>; παρὰ θῖνα <span class="bibl">9.46</span>; later θῖν' ἁλός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1521</span> (parod.); πόντου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1124</span> (lyr.); θαλάσσας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>109</span> (eleg.); θαλαττία <span class="bibl">D.H.3.44</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">sand-bank, bar</b> at the mouth of a river, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.41.6</span>: pl., [[banks]] of a stream, <span class="bibl">D.S. 1.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[sand]] or [[mud]] at the bottom of the sea, οἶδμα… κυλίνδει βυσσόθεν κελαινὰν θῖνα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>591</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ὥς μου τὸν θῖνα ταράττεις</b>, i.e. trouble <b class="b2">the very bottom</b> of my heart, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>696</span>, v. Sch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">shore-weed</b>, θίν' ἐν φυκιόεντι <span class="bibl">Il.23.693</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>598a5</span>; <b class="b3">θινὸς ὄζειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">620a15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἄκρης [πόλιος] θίς</b> <b class="b2">the temple that crowns</b> the Acropolis, dub. in Call.<b class="b2">Fr.anon</b>.<span class="bibl">332</span>.</span>

|etymtx=θινός<br />Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">heap, heap of sand (near the sea), dune, shore</b> ( Il.); on the meaning U. Finzenhagen Die geograph. Terminologie des Griechischen (Berl.-Diss. Würzburg-Aumühle 1939) 10f.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀποθινόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be silted up</b> (Plb.). As 2. member in <b class="b3">ἀκρο-θίνια</b> (<b class="b3">-να</b>) pl. (rarely sg.) <b class="b2">the upper part of a heap, first-fruit offer</b> (most. posthom. poetry), compound from <b class="b3">ἄκρος θίς</b> and <b class="b3">ιο-</b>suffix.; diff. Risch IF 59, 289.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Without explanation. Wackernagel Unt. 82 A. 2 compares Skt. <b class="b2">dhíṣṇya-</b> <b class="b2">put up on a heap of sand</b>, subst. <b class="b2">heap of earth with sand</b>, which could go back on a <b class="b2">n-</b>stem, IE <b class="b2">*dhisen-</b>, <b class="b2">dhisn-</b>, from where Gr. <b class="b3">*θιων</b>, <b class="b3">*θιην</b>, <b class="b3">θιν-</b>, to which the nom. <b class="b3">θΐς</b> would be an innovation. - Often compared with NHG [[Düne]] and cognates, either as <b class="b3">*θινϜ-</b> to Skt. <b class="b2">dhánvan-</b> <b class="b2">dry land, continent, shore</b> (s. Bq; then the <b class="b3">ι-</b>vowel remains unexplained) or as <b class="b3">*θϜ-ιν-</b> to Lith. <b class="b2">dujà</b> <b class="b2">part of dust etc.</b> (Persson Beitr. 43f.). Acc. to Osthoff MU 4, 236f. n. to Skt. <b class="b2">-dh-i-</b> in <b class="b2">ni-dh-í-</b> [[laying down]], [[preserving]] (s. <b class="b3">τίθημι</b>). - The word will be a (Pre-Greek?) loan.