thus

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: thŭs, IPA(key): /ˈðʌs/ Rhymes: -ʌs === Etymology 1 === From Middle English thus, þus, from Old English þus (“thus, in this way, as follows, in this manner, to this extent”), from Proto-West Germanic *þus (“so, thus”), perhaps originally from a variant of the instrumental form of this, related to Old English þȳs (“by this, with this”), Old Saxon thius (“by this, with this”). Cognate with Scots thus (“thus”), North Frisian thus, Saterland Frisian dus, düs (“thus”), West Frisian dus (“thus”), Dutch dus (“thus, so”), Middle High German dus (“thus, as follows”). Compare also Dutch zus (“thus, hence”), Low German sus (“thus, hence”), Middle High German sus (“thus, hence”), a similar formation from the stem of Proto-West Germanic *swā (“so”). ==== Adverb ==== thus (not comparable) (now literary or formal) (manner) In this way or manner. (conjunctive) As a result. ===== Synonyms ===== (in this way): as such, like so, like this, so, thusly; See also Thesaurus:thus (as a result): as such, before, consequently, hence, so, therefore; See also Thesaurus:therefore ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== thus (uncountable) Alternative form of thuris. === Anagrams === Hust, STHU, Tush, huts, shut, tush == Latin == === Alternative forms === tūs === Etymology === From Ancient Greek θῠ́ος (thŭ́os, “burnt offering; holocaust”), from θῠ́ω (thŭ́ō). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʰuːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtus] === Noun === thūs n (genitive thūris); third declension incense; frankincense Synonym: (Late Latin) libanus Hypernym: thȳmiāma ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Middle Irish: túis Irish: túis ⇒ Portuguese: turiferar === References === “thus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “thus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "thus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “thus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Adverb === thus alternative form of þus