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θίς

this

heap

Appears 37 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θίς [ῑ], θῑνός : ὁ Il. 23.693, Od. 12.45, Ar. V. 696, Phld. (v. infr.); ἡ S. Ant. 591, Ph. 1124, Arist. HA 548b6, Call. Fr. 126, D.H. 3.44:—A. heap, πολὺς ὀστεόφιν θίς Od. 12.45; θῖνες νεκρῶν A. Pers. 818: metaph., θὶς πημάτων Lyc. 812; esp. of sand-banks, θῖνες ψάμμου Hdt. 3.26; ἄμμου, γῆς, Plu. Fab. 6, Art. 18; τοὺς ἐν ἄμμῳ θῖνας Phld. Piet. 20; ἐν ταῖς θ. Arist. HA 548b6, cf. 537a25; θῖνας καὶ ψάμμους Porph. Abst. 4.21; of the sandy deserts of Libya, A.R. 4.1384; Νασαμώνων αὔλια καὶ δολιχὰς θ. Call. Fr. 126. 2. usu. in Hom., etc., beach, shore, freq. in oblique cases, παρὰ θῖνα . . θαλάσσης Il. 1.34, cf. Od. 6.236, etc.; παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλὸς ἀτρυγέτοιο Il. 1.316, cf. 350, etc.; alone, ἐπὶ θινί Od. 7.290; παρὰ θῖνα 9.46; later θῖνʼ ἁλός Ar. V. 1521 (parod.); πόντου S. Ph. 1124 (lyr.); θαλάσσας E. Andr. 109 (eleg.); θαλαττία D.H. 3.44. b. sand-bank, bar at the mouth of a river, Plb. 4.41.6: pl., banks of a stream, D.S. 1.30. 3. sand or mud at the bottom of the sea, οἶδμα . . κυλίνδει βυσσόθεν κελαινὰν θῖνα S. Ant. 591: metaph., ὥς μου τὸν θῖνα ταράττεις, i.e. trouble the very bottom of my heart, Ar. V. 696, v. Sch. 4. shore-weed, θίνʼ ἐν φυκιόεντι Il. 23.693, cf. Arist. HA 598a5; θινὸς ὄζειν ib.620a15. II. ἄκρης [πόλιος] θίς the temple that crowns the Acropolis, dub. in Call. Fr.anon. 332.
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