θίασος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">Bacchic revel, rout; company</b> (ion. att.).<br />Derivatives: [[θιασώτης]] <b class="b2">participant of a θ.</b> (IA), f. <b class="b3">-ῶτις</b> (Opp.), with <b class="b3">-ωτικός</b>; also [[θιασίτης]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ion. hell. inscr.; like [[τεχνίτης]], [[ὁπλίτης]] a. o., Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 128 n. 2) with <b class="b3">-ιτικός</b>; [[θιασώδης]] <b class="b2">θ.-like, belonging to a θ.</b> (Nonn.); <b class="b3">θιασῶνες οἶκοι</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν οἷς συνιόντες δειπνοῦσιν οἱ θίασοι</b> H. Denomin. verbs: 1. [[θιασεύω]] <b class="b2">introduce in a θ., participate in a θ.</b> (E., Str.) with [[θιασεία]] (Procl.); 2. backformation [[θιάζω]] in <b class="b3">ἐξεθίαζε χορείας ἐπετέλει</b>; <b class="b3">ἐπεθίαζεν ἐχόρευεν</b>, aor. <b class="b3">θιάσαι χορεῦσαι</b> [[H]].<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Formed like [[θύρσος]] a. o. (Schwyzer 516), as expression of the Dionysiac religion suspect of foreign (Thracian-Phrygian?) origin (Debrunner Eberts Reallex. 4: 2, 526 w.n.); originally no doubt Anatolian = Pre-Greek? Other unsuccesful interpretations from Indo-European in Bq.