ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
| Full diacritics: θῖνος | Medium diacritics: θῖνος | Low diacritics: θίνος | Capitals: ΘΙΝΟΣ |
| Transliteration A: thînos | Transliteration B: thinos | Transliteration C: thinos | Beta Code: qi=nos |
Cret. for θέϊνος,
A sacred, Leg.Gort.10.42, SIG526.29(iii B.C.),al.
θῖνος: (= θέϊνος, θεῖος), πεδέχεν θίνων καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων Ἐπιγρ. Κνωσίων ἐν Δήλῳ, Bull. de cor. hell. IV. σ. 353.
θῑνος, ὁ (Α)
επιγρ. ιερός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Κρητ. τ. του θέινος].
