θύσανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Technical word in -ανος. According to Persson, it is from Proto-Indo-European *dʰudʰ-ih₂, the same root of Latvian duša (“bundle of straw”). However, the variation shown in θυσανόεις (thusanóeis)/θυσσανόεις (thussanóeis) rather points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῠ́σᾰνος • (thŭ́sănos) m (genitive θῠσᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. (mostly in the plural) tassel, fringe
    Synonym: κροσσός (krossós)
  2. tuft of the Golden Fleece

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θῠ́σᾰνος; τοῦ θῠσᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θῠ́σᾰνος
ho thŭ́sănos 		τὼ θῠσᾰ́νω
tṑ thŭsắnō 		οἱ θῠ́σᾰνοι
hoi thŭ́sănoi
Genitive τοῦ θῠσᾰ́νου
toû thŭsắnou 		τοῖν θῠσᾰ́νοιν
toîn thŭsắnoin 		τῶν θῠσᾰ́νων
tôn thŭsắnōn
Dative τῷ θῠσᾰ́νῳ
tōî thŭsắnōi 		τοῖν θῠσᾰ́νοιν
toîn thŭsắnoin 		τοῖς θῠσᾰ́νοις
toîs thŭsắnois
Accusative τὸν θῠ́σᾰνον
tòn thŭ́sănon 		τὼ θῠσᾰ́νω
tṑ thŭsắnō 		τοὺς θῠσᾰ́νους
toùs thŭsắnous
Vocative θῠ́σᾰνε
thŭ́săne 		θῠσᾰ́νω
thŭsắnō 		θῠ́σᾰνοι
thŭ́sănoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • θῠσᾰνηδόν (thŭsănēdón)
  • θῠσᾰνοειδής (thŭsănoeidḗs)
  • θῠσᾰνόεις (thŭsănóeis)
  • θῠσᾰ́νουρος (thŭsắnouros)
  • θῠσᾰνώδης (thŭsănṓdēs)
  • θῠσᾰνωτός (thŭsănōtós)

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Thysania

Further reading

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