θίς

θίς [ῑ], θῑνός : ὁ Il.23.693, Od.12.45, Ar.V.696, Phld. (v. infr.); ἡ S.Ant.591, Ph.1124, Arist.HA548b6, 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.HA548b6, 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 θῖν' ἁλὸς ἀτρυγέτοιο Il.1.316

, cf. 350, etc.; alone,

ἐπὶ θινί Od.7.290

;

παρὰ θῖνα 9.46

; later

θῖν' 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,

θίν' ἐν φυκιόεντι Il.23.693

, cf. Arist.HA598a5; θινὸς ὄζειν ib.620a15.

II ἄκρης [πόλιος] θίς the temple that crowns the Acropolis, dub. in Call.Fr.anon.332.