Θαύλιος

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Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: Thess. surname of Zeus (Larisa),
Compounds: IEX [235] *dʰeh₂u-? strangle
Derivatives: -Θαύλια pl. name of a feast, with θαυλίζειν (H.). Θαυλωνίδαι pl. name of an old Attic family, which performed the ceremony of the βουφόνια. Cf. Θαῦμος (for Θαύλιος?) η Θαῦλος Ἄρης Μακεδόνιος H. Derivations of an l-stem, which has also been suspected in the Lydian-Phrygian name of Hermes, Voc. Καν-δαῦλα, acc. to Hippon. 1 = Κυν-άγχα "dog-strangler", and which would belong to an IE word for strangle, seen in Slavic, e. g. OCS daviti , but also, e. g. in Goth. af-dauiÞs ἐσκυλμένος, teased, IE dhau̯- (Pok. 235). Solmsen KZ 34, 77ff., Herm. 46, 286ff. Uncertain are Illyr. PN Δαυλία, Δαυλίς and Δαῦλις ἑορτη ἐν Ἄργει H. (Fick KZ 44, 339).
Etymology: - Eine parallele n-Ableitung ist in θαῦνον θηρίον H., lat. Faunus vermutet worden, s. W.-Hofmann s. v. mit reicher Lit. Vgl. auch θώς.