Θεσπιαί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰes.pi.ǎi̯/ → /θes.piˈɛ/ → /θes.piˈe/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰes.pi.ǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰes.piˈɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θes.piˈɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θes.piˈe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θes.piˈe/

Proper noun

Θεσπῐαί • (Thespiaí) f pl (genitive Θεσπῐῶν); first declension

1. Thespiae (a city in Boeotia, Greece)

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Θεσπῐαί; τῶν Θεσπῐῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Θεσπῐαί hai Thespiaí
Genitive	τῶν Θεσπῐῶν tôn Thespiôn
Dative	ταῖς Θεσπῐαῖς taîs Thespiaîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Θεσπῐᾱ́ς tā̀s Thespiā́s
Vocative	Θεσπῐαί Thespiaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Θεσπῐεύς (Thespieús)
• Θεσπῐκός (Thespikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Θεσπιές (Thespiés)
• Latin: Thespiae

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027