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θυΐω

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

θυΐω: ἢ θυίω, = θύω, διατελῶ ὑπὸ ἔμπνευσιν, ὑποτακτ. θυΐωσι Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Ἑρμ. 560· παρατ. ἔθυιεν Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Γ. 755.

French (Bailly abrégé)

s’élancer impétueusement ; être saisi d’un transport prophétique.
Étymologie: θύω².