Θέτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τίθημι (títhēmi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰé.tis/ → /ˈθe.tis/ → /ˈθe.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰé.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.tis/

Proper noun

Θέτῐς • (Thétis) f (genitive Θέτῐδος or Θέτῐος); third declension

1. Thetis

Inflection

Third declension of Θέτῐς; Θέτῐδος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Θέτῐς Thétis
Genitive	Θέτῐδος Thétidos
Dative	Θέτῐῐ / Θέτῑ / Θέτηῐ̈ / Θέτει Thétii / Thétī / Thétēï / Thétei
Accusative	Θέτῐν Thétin
Vocative	Θέτῑ Thétī
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ᾱ̔ Θέτῐς; τᾶς Θέτῐος (Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ᾱ̔ Θέτῐς hā Thétis
Genitive	τᾶς Θέτῐος tâs Thétios
Dative	τᾷ Θέτῑ tâi Thétī
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν Θέτῐν tā̀n Thétin
Vocative	Θέτῐ Théti
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Θετῐ́δειος (Thetídeios)

Descendants

• Greek: Θέτις (Thétis); Θέτιδα (Thétida)
• Latin: Thetis
• Turkish: Thetis

References

• “Θέτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Θέτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Θέτις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Θέτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Θέτις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027

Greek

Proper noun

Θέτις • (Thétis) f

1. (Greek mythology) a female given name, Thetis mother of Achilles