4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of θῖν':
θῖνα,θίς (heap): masc/fem acc sg
θῖνε,θίς (heap): masc/fem nom/voc/acc dual
LSJ entry
θίς
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
.