thiasusthiasosn.
/ˈθʌɪəsəs//ˈθʌɪəsɒs/ Ancient Greek History.
A company assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods (esp. of Bacchus) with dancing and singing.
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1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §367. 460 Dionysus bringing back Hephæstus in the thiasus (at which are also Marsyas and Comœdia).
Derivatives
thiasarch n. /ˈθaɪəsɑːk/ [ < Greek θιασάρχης] the leader of the thiasus.
/ˈθaɪəsɑːk/ [ < Greek θιασάρχης] the leader of the thiasus.ΚΠ
1820 W. Tooke in tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 569 (note) The president of it was styled a thiasarch.
ˈthiasite n. /ˈθaɪəsaɪt/ = thiasote n.
/ˈθaɪəsaɪt/ = thiasote n.ΚΠ
1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 568 The ‘eranists’ are termed ‘thiasotes’ or ‘thiasites’.
ˈthiasote n. /ˈθaɪəsəʊt/ [ < Greek θιασίτης, θιασώτης] a member of the thiasus.
/ˈθaɪəsəʊt/ [ < Greek θιασίτης, θιασώτης] a member of the thiasus.ΚΠ
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §390. 507 Representations of Dionysus and his thiasotes..were got up.
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