θύσανος

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ὁ,

   A tassel: mostly in pl., tassels, fringe, Hom. (only in Il.), of the tassels of the αἰγίς, 2.448; ζώνῃ ἑκατὸν θυσάνοις ἀραρυίῃ 14.181, cf. Hes.Sc.225, Hdt.4.189; οἱ τῆς ὀθόνης θ. Ach.Tat.5.24; πέπλος ἄχρι τῶν θ. πεποικιλμένος Them.Or.18.222c; of the tufts of the golden fleece, Pi.P.4.231; of the long arms of the cuttle fish, Opp.H.3.178; δικτυωτὸς θ. D.S.18.26. (Possibly connected with θύσσομαι, θύω.)