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From θύω (thúō, “I sacrifice”).

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.mé.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈme.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈme.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈme.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈme.li/

θῠμέλη • (thumélē) f (genitive θῠμέλης); first declension

a place of sacrifice, altar, temple
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.

“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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- altar idem, page 25.