thiasus

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English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek θίασος (thíasos).

Noun

thiasus (plural thiasi)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A group of singers and dancers assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῐ́ᾰσος (thíasos).

Pronunciation

Noun

thiasus m (genitive thiasī); second declension

  1. A group of singers and dancers assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods, especially Bacchus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative thiasus thiasī
genitive thiasī thiasōrum
dative thiasō thiasīs
accusative thiasum thiasōs
ablative thiasō thiasīs
vocative thiase thiasī

References

  • “thiasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “thiasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • thiasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “thiasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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