thiasus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin, from Ancient Greek θίασος (thíasos). === Noun === thiasus (plural thiasi) (historical, Ancient Greece) A group of singers and dancers assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods. ==== Related terms ==== thiasarch thiasote === Anagrams === shiatsu, situash == Latin == === Alternative forms === thyasus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῐ́ᾰσος (thĭ́ăsos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʰi.a.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtiː.a.s̬us] === Noun === thiasus m (genitive thiasī); second declension A group of singers and dancers assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods, especially Bacchus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === 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