Θυάς
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Θυάς: -άδος, (καὶ Θυιὰς), ἡ, (θύω) «Θυάδες αἱ Βάκχαι παρὰ τὸ θύω τὸ ὁρμῶ, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ι Θυιάδες» Ἐτυμ. Μ. 457, 19, πρβλ. θυιάς.
