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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> <b class="b2">heap</b>, 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 <b class="b2">sandy deserts</b> 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., <b class="b2">beach, shore</b>, 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., <b class="b2">banks</b> of a stream, <span class="bibl">D.S. 1.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">sand</b> or <b class="b2">mud</b> 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>