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θύω, θύω, θύσω, ἔθῡσα, τέθυκα, τέθυμαι, ἐτύθην, sacrifice

θύω2, rage, seethe

θύω (A), impf. ἔθυον, Ep. θῦον Od. 15.222, Ion. θύεσκον Hippon. 37: fut. θύσω [ῡ] E. El. 1141, Pl. Lg. 909d, Henioch. 5.10, Dor. θυσῶ Theoc. 2.33; 3pl. θυσέοντι IG 12(3).452 (Thera): aor. ἔθῡσα Od. 9.231, etc., Ep. θῦσα 14.446: pf. τέθῠκα Ar. Lys. 1062, Pl. R. 328c:—Med., fut. θύσομαι E. Heracl. 340 (as Pass., Hdt. 7.197): aor. ἐθυσάμην Th. 4.92, (ἐκ-) Hdt. 6.91, etc.:—Pass., fut. τῠθήσομαι D.S. 16.91, Luc. DDeor. 10[4].2: aor. ἐτύθην [ῠ] Hdt. 1.216, A. Ch. 242, Philem. 155.2 (part. written θυθέν Men. Sam. 185, cf. τὴν βοῦν τὴν θυθεῖσαν IG 12(7).241 (Amorgos, iii B.C.), etc.): pf. τέθῠμαι A. Eu. 341 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 1034, X. HG 3.5.5 (in med. sense, 5.1.18, An. 7.8.21): plpf. ἐτέθῠτο Id. HG 3.1.23. [ῡ in fut. and aor., ῠ in pf. Act. and Pass., and aor. Pass.; ῡ generally in pres. and impf., exc. in trisyll. cases of part., θῠοντα Od. 15.260, θύοντες h.Ap. 491, but θύ̆εσκε Hippon. 37; ἔθῠε, θῠων, Pi. O. 10(11).57, 13.69; θῠειν, at the end of a line, E. El. 1141 (s.v. l., fort. θύη), Cyc. 334, Ar. Ach. 792 (spoken by a Megarian); θύ̆εις, θύ̆ω, Strato Com. 1.19, 20; θύ̆ωντι 3pl. pres. subj., Theoc. 4.21.]
    • I Act., offer by burning meat or drink to the gods (τὸ θύειν δωρεῖσθαί ἐστι τοῖς θεοῖς Pl. Euthphr. 14c), θεοῖσι δὲ θῦσαι ἀνώγει Πάτροκλον . ., ὁ δʼ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς Il. 9.219, cf. Aristarch. ap. Sch.adloc., Com.Adesp. 7D. (ap. Phryn. PS p.74 B.); ἦ ῥα καὶ ἄρ γματα θῦσε θεοῖς, of a drink-offering, Od. 14.446, cf. 15.260; so ἔνθα δὲ πῦρ κήαντες ἐθύσαμεν (sc. τῶν τυρῶν) made an offering of cheese, 9.231; θ. ἀκρόθινα Pi. O. 10(11).57; πέλανον, δεῖπνα, A. Pers. 204, Eu. 109; πυρούς, ναστούς, Ar. Av. 565, 567: c. dat. rei, θ. τούτῳ ὅ τι ἔχοι ἕκαστος (with v.l. τοῦτο) Hdt. 1.50.
      • 2 sacrifice, slay a victim, [τῷ ἡλίῳ] θ. ἵππους (v.l. ἵπποισι) ib. 216; ταῦρον Pi. O. 13.69; αὑτοῦ παῖδα A. Ag. 1417, cf. S. El. 532, etc.; ἱρά Hdt. 1.59; ἱερεῖα Th. 1.126, etc.; θ. θῦμα, θυσίαν, Pl. Plt. 290e, R. 362c, etc.; θ. διαβατήρια, ἐπινίκια, etc., Plu. Luc. 24, Pl. Smp. 173a, etc.:—Pass., τὰ τεθυμένα the flesh of the victim, X. HG 4.3.14, etc.; τὰ τεθ. ἱερά ib. 3.5.5; τὰ θυόμενα Id. Lac. 15.3.
        • b simply, slaughter, Hdt. 1.126, Ar. Lys. 1062, LXX Is. 22.13.
      • 3 abs., offer sacrifice, Hdt. 1.31.al., A. Ag. 594, Fr. 161.2, S. OC 1159; τοῖσι θεοῖσι θ. Pherecr. 23, cf. Hdt. 4.60, 8.138; θεῶν ἕνεκα Men. 129.1.
      • 4 celebrate with offerings or sacrifices, σῶστρα θ. Hdt. 1.118; γενέθλια Pl. Alc. 1.121c; Λύκαια, Ἡράκλεια X. An. 1.2.10, D. 19.86; ἐλευθέρια Henioch. 5.10; γάμους Plu. Pomp. 55.
      • 5 c. dupl.acc., εὐαγγέλια θ. ἑκατὸν βοῦς sacrifice a hundred oxen for the good news, Ar. Eq. 656.
      • 6 Ἑστίᾳ θύειν, prov. of niggards, because sacrifices to Hestia admitted no one to share the offering, Theopomp.Com. 28.
    • II Med., cause a victim to be offered, τῶν θυμάτων ὧν δεῖ θύεσθαι καὶ παρίστασθαι IG 5(1).1390.65 (Andania, i B.C.), etc.: hence freq. abs., consult the gods, Hdt. 7.189, E. Heracl. 340; ἐπὶ Κρότωνα, ἐπὶ τῷ Πέρσῃ, i.e. on marching against . . , Hdt. 5.44, 9.10, cf. X. An. 7.8.21; θύεσθαι ἐπʼ ἐξόδῳ ib. 6.4.9; ὑπὲρ τῆς μονῆς ib. 5.6.27: c. inf., θ. ἰέναι offer sacrifice [to learn] whether to go or not, ib. 2.2.3; also ἐθυόμην εἰ βέλτιον εἴη ib. 6.1.31 (so in Act., ἔθυε (v.l. ἐθύετο) τῷ Διί . . πότερά οἱ λῷον καὶ ἄμεινον εἴη . . ib. 7.6.44); διαβατήρια θύεσθαι, as in Act., Th. 5.54.
      • 2 metaph., tear in pieces, of wild beasts, A. Ag. 137 (lyr.). (Hence θυμός, cf. Skt. dhūmás, Lat. fumus ‘smoke’, θυμιάω, θύος, θυήλημα, τύφω, perh. θεῖον (A), Lat. suffire; cf. sq.)
θύω (B) [ῡ], aor. ἔθῡσα Call. Fr. 82:—
  • rage, seethe, ἄνεμος μὲν ἐπαύσατο λαίλαπι θύων Od. 12.400; Ζέφυρος μεγάλῃ σὺν λαίλαπι θύων ib. 408, cf. Hes. Op. 621, Th. 874; of a swollen river, ὁ δʼ ἐπέσσυτο οἴδματι θύων seething, Il. 21.234; ὑψόσε θύων ib. 324; of a wind-swept sea, ὁ δʼ ἔστενεν οἴδματι θύων 23.230, cf. Hes. Th. 109, 131; of the wake of a ship, κῦμα δʼ ὄπισθε πορφύρεον μέγα θῦε Od. 13.85; δάπεδον δʼ ἅπαν αἵματι θῦεν the ground seethed with blood, 11.420, 22.309; of persons, storm, rage, ἦ γὰρ ὅ γʼ ὀλοιῇσι φρεσὶ θύει Il. 1.342; ἔγχεϊ θῦεν 11.180; κασιγνήτα μένει θύοισα Pi. P. 3.33; θύουσαν Ἅιδου μητέρα A. Ag. 1235; πυκνὰ δέ οἱ κραδίη ἔντοσθεν ἔθυεν A.R. 3.755 (v.l. ἔθυιεν): c.inf., desire eagerly, ἐνισπεῖν ib. 685; of a horse, Call. Fr. 82; of a serpent, Nic. Th. 129 (v.l. θυίῃσι). [ῡ always: for θύμενος [ῠ] is f.l. for σύμενος in Pratin.Lyr. 1.4.] θυίω (q. v.) should perh. be preferred in later Ep., and is cj. in Pi. l.c. (Cf. Lett. dusmas (pl.) ‘anger’, dusēt ‘puff’, ‘pant’, Lat. fǔro (fr. dhǔs-), θύελλα, θυίω, θυιάς (orig. madwoman); prob. cogn. with foreg.)

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