adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
Thȳnias1
Thȳnias (genitive Thȳniadis or Thȳniados)
Classical[ˈtʰyː.ni.as]Ecclesiastical[ˈtiː.ni.as]
Meaning
- one terminationThynian, a poetic word for Bithynian
hic erat Arganthi Pege sub vertice montis, / grata domus Nymphis umida Thyniasin
1990 translation by G. P. Goold Here beneath the crest of Arganthus’ mount lay the well of Pege, a watery haunt dear to Bithynia’s nymphs30 BCE – 16 BCE, Propertius, Elegiae 1.20.34
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θῡνῐᾰ́ς (Thūnĭắs), a feminine adjective in -άς (-ás) from the same base as Θῡνός (Thūnós) and Θῡνῐ́ᾱ (Thūnĭ́ā).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyThyniasThynias (Θυνίας), a small island in the Euxine at a distance of one mile from the coast of Thynia or Bithynia; its distance from the port of Rhoë was …GeographyThyniasThynias (Mela 2.2.5; Plin. Nat. 4.11. s. 18; Θυνίας, Strabo vii. p.319, xii. p. 541: Scymn. 727; Arrian. Per. P. Eux. p 24; Anon. Per. P. Eux. p. 15; …