Thyias

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Thȳas

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θυιάς (Thuiás).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Thyias f (genitive Thyiadis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) maenad
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.301–303:
      [...] quālīs commōtīs excitā sacrīs
      Thȳias, ubi audītō stimulant trietērica Bacchō
      orgia, nocturnusque vocat clāmōre Cithaerōn.
      • 2002 translation by A. S. Kline
        [...] like a Maenad, thrilled by the shaken emblems of the god, when the biennial festival rouses her, and, hearing the Bacchic cry, Mount Cithaeron summons her by night with its noise.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Thyias Thyiadēs
genitive Thyiadis Thyiadum
dative Thyiadī Thyiadibus
accusative Thyiadem Thyiadēs
ablative Thyiade Thyiadibus
vocative Thyias Thyiadēs

References

  • Thyias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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