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|Definition=[ῠ], ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[tassel]]: mostly in pl., [[tassels]], [[fringe]], Hom. (only in Il.), of the [[tassels of the]] [[αἰγίς]], <span class="bibl">2.448</span>; ζώνῃ ἑκατὸν θυσάνοις ἀραρυίῃ <span class="bibl">14.181</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>225</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.189</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ τῆς ὀθόνης θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.5.24</span>; πέπλος ἄχρι τῶν θ. πεποικιλμένος <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>18.222c</span>; of the [[tufts]] of the golden fleece, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.231</span>; of the [[long arms]] of the cuttle fish, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.178</span>; <b class="b3">δικτυωτὸς θ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S.18.26</span>. (Possibly connected with <b class="b3">θύσσομαι, θύω</b>.)</span>