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|Definition=[ῑ], θῑνός: ὁ Il.23.693, Od.12.45, Ar.''V.''696, Phld. (v. infr.); ἡ S.''Ant.''591, ''Ph.''1124, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''548b6, Call.''Fr.''126, D.H.3.44:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[heap]], πολὺς ὀστεόφιν θίς Od.12.45; θῖνες νεκρῶν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''818: metaph., θὶς πημάτων Lyc.812; especially of [[sandbank]]s, θῖνες ψάμμου [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.26; [[ἄμμου]], [[γῆς]], Plu.''Fab.''6, ''Art.''18; τοὺς ἐν ἄμμῳ θῖνας Phld.''Piet.''20; <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς θ.</b> [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''548b6, cf. 537a25; θῖνας καὶ ψάμμους Porph.''Abst.''4.21; of the [[sandy]] [[desert]]s of [[Libya]], A.R.4.1384; <b class="b3">Νασαμώνων αὔλια καὶ δολιχὰς θ.</b> Call.''Fr.''126.<br><span class="bld">2</span> usually in Hom., etc., [[beach]], [[shore]], freq. in oblique cases, παρὰ θῖνα… θαλάσσης Il.1.34, cf. Od.6.236, etc.; παρὰ θῖν' ἁλὸς ἀτρυγέτοιο Il.1.316, cf. 350, etc.; alone, ἐπὶ θινί Od.7.290; παρὰ θῖνα 9.46; later θῖν' ἁλός Ar.''V.''1521 (parod.); πόντου S.''Ph.''1124 (lyr.); θαλάσσας E.''Andr.''109 (eleg.); θαλαττία D.H.3.44.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[sandbank]], [[bar]] at the [[mouth]] of a [[river]], Plb.4.41.6: pl., [[bank]]s of a [[stream]], D.S. 1.30.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[sand]] or [[mud]] at the bottom of the sea, οἶδμα… κυλίνδει βυσσόθεν κελαινὰν θῖνα S.''Ant.''591: metaph., [[ὥς μου τὸν θῖνα ταράττεις]], i.e. [[trouble the very bottom of my heart]], Ar.''V.''696, v. Sch.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[shore-weed]], θίν' ἐν φυκιόεντι Il.23.693, cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''598a5; <b class="b3">θινὸς ὄζειν</b> ib.620a15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἄκρης [πόλιος] θίς</b> the [[temple]] that [[crown]]s the [[Acropolis]], dub. in Call.Fr.anon.332.