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thūs, thūris, v. tus.

tūs (thūs), tūris, n. [from θύος, τό] incense, frankincense.

  1. I. In gen., Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 51; Plaut. Poen. 2, 3; id. Trin. 4, 2, 89; id. Truc. 2, 5, 27: accendere, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Off. 3, 20, 80; Lucr. 3, 327; Verg. A. 11, 481; id. E. 8, 65; Tib. 1, 3, 34; 1, 7, 53; Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 19; Hor. C. 1, 30, 3; 1, 36, 1; 4, 1, 22: irrita tura tulit, Ov. M. 7, 589: centumque Sabaeo Ture calent arae, Verg. A. 1, 417; cf. id. G. 1, 57.
  2. II. Tug terrae, a plant, called also chamaepitys, Plin. 24, 6, 20, § 29.