θυεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θυείη (thueíē), θυεῖον (thueîon)

Etymology

Maybe from θύος (thúos, “burnt offering, incense”), but the concept of "vase for pounding the incense" is rather strange. According to Beekes, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuH- (“to fly about, to dash”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.ěː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈi.a/

Noun

θῠείᾱ • (thŭeíā) f (genitive θῠείᾱς); first declension

mortar (vessel)
cup of the cottabus

Declension

First declension of ἡ θῠείᾱ; τῆς θῠείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θῠείᾱ hē thŭeíā	αἱ θῠεῖαι hai thŭeîai
Genitive	τῆς θῠείᾱς tês thŭeíās	τῶν θῠειῶν tôn thŭeiôn
Dative	τῇ θῠείᾳ tēî thŭeíāi	ταῖς θῠείαις taîs thŭeíais
Accusative	τὴν θῠείᾱν tḕn thŭeíān	τᾱ̀ς θῠείᾱς tā̀s thŭeíās
Vocative	θῠείᾱ thŭeíā	θῠεῖαι thŭeîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

ἴγδις (ígdis)

Derived terms

θυείδιον (thueídion)