Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /θyméli/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyméli/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiméli/

Noun

θυμέλη • ‎(thumélē) f ‎(genitive θυμέλης); first declension

1. a place of sacrifice, altar, temple
2. In Athenian theater, the altar of Dionysus, an altar shaped platform in the middle of the orchestra, upon which stood the leader of the chorus.

Inflection

References

• θυμέλη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θυμέλη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «θυμέλη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • altar idem, page 25.