θησαυρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[store]], [[treasure]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>599</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θ. χθονός</b>, of the silvermines of Laureion, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>238</span> (troch.); θ. εὑρεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1303b35</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνθρακες ὁ θ</b>., prov., 'apples of Sodom', freq. in <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Zeux.</span>2</span>, al.; σποδὸς οἱ θ. γενήσονται <span class="bibl">Alciphr.2.3.13</span>: metaph., θ. γλώσσης φειδωλῆς <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>719</span>; θ. ὕμνων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.8</span>; κακῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>923</span>, cf. Hp.<span class="title">Lex</span>; <b class="b3">κόμας... ἱκτήριον θ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1175</span>; <b class="b3">Διὸς θ</b>., of a tomb marking the fall of a thunderbolt, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1010</span>; <b class="b3">οἰωνοῖς γλυκὺν θ</b>., of a dead body, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 30</span>; of learning, θ., οὓς κατέλιπον ἐν βιβλίοις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.6.14</span>; <b class="b3">σοφίας θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>15e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Col.</span>2.3</span>; χρημάτων καὶ τιμῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>247b</span>; καλὸς θ. παρ' ἀνδρὶ σπουδαίῳ χάρις <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.29</span>; ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θ. τῆς καρδίας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>6.45</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">strong-room, magazine</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.150</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>419.17 (Delph., iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">De.</span>32.34</span>, etc.; esp. of the [[treasuries]] built at Delphi by Greek cities, <span class="title">SIG</span>8 (vi B.C.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.14</span>, al., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.3.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.4.1.13</span>, etc.; [[vaults]] of a bank, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLips.</span>62ii 14</span> (iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[granary]], PCair.Zen.232.4 (iii B.C.), Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>385.27 (iii B.C.), 192 (i A.D.), etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ δημόσιοι θ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>90.9</span> (iii A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2119.3</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[receptacle]] for valuables, [[safe]], [[casket]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.190</span>, <span class="bibl">9.106</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>2.11</span>; <b class="b3">θ. βελέεσσιν</b>, of a quiver, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1022</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">offertory-box</b> (for its form, v. <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).590), <span class="title">IG</span>7.235.23 (Oropus, iv B.C.), 12(3).443 (Thera, iii B.C.), <span class="title">Jahrb.</span>16.162 note 13 (Rhodes, iii B.C.), <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>89 (Argos, iii B.C.), <span class="title">SIG</span>1015.30 (Halic.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>6.27</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.89 (Andania, i B.C.); <b class="b3">σπονδεῖον ἢ θ</b>. <b class="b2">coin-in-the-slot machine</b> which sold holy water, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>1.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[cavern]], S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>276; <b class="b2">subterranean dungeon</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phil.</span>19</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[treasury]], [[magazine]], [[receptacle]] (Hes.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">θησαυρο-φύλαξ</b> <b class="b2">guard of a θ.</b> (hell.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">θησαυρικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the θ.</b> (pap.), <b class="b3">θησαυρώδης</b> <b class="b2">full of treasures</b> (Philostr.); <b class="b3">θησαυρίζω</b> [[preserve]], [[collect]] (IA) with <b class="b3">θησαύρισμα</b> [[preserved]], [[provision]], [[treasure]] (Demokr., trag.), <b class="b3">θησαυρισμός</b> [[preserving]] (Arist., Thphr.), <b class="b3">-ιστής</b> <b class="b2">who preserves</b> (Poll.) with <b class="b3">-ιστικός</b> (Arist.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: No etymology, prob. technical loan word. Interpreted as "Wasserniederlage" (Muller Mnemos. 53, 446f.: <b class="b3">θησ-αυρ-ός</b>; cf. on <b class="b3">ἄναυρος</b>) s. Kretschmer Glotta 16, 194f. Acc. to E. Maaß RhM 74, 235ff. from <b class="b3">θη-</b> [[set]] and <b class="b3">αὔρα</b> [[air]]; criticism by Kretschmer l. c. - Lat. loan [[thēsaurus]], [[thēsaurizō]]. - No doubt Pre-Greek. The word suggests <b class="b2">-arʷ-o-</b>.