A sacred chorus.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] θιασώτης , a chorus-member.[2]
From θεῖν , which is [to say] θύειν ["to sacrifice"]. The chorus [is so-called] from coming together; for running [is called] θέειν ; or from being possessed by a god [ἐνθουσιθᾶν ]. Hence θιασῶται [are] properly the attendants of Dionysus.[3]
"Come dancing into the holy thiasotai.". They say this, not συνθιασῶται ["fellow-thiasotai"].[4]
In the Epigrams: "the turning rhombus which spurs on the Bacchic chorus."[5]