Θεστιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Θέστῐος (Théstĭos) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰes.ti.ás/ → /θes.tiˈas/ → /θes.tiˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰes.ti.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰes.tiˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θes.tiˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θes.tiˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θes.tiˈas/

Proper noun

Θεστῐᾰ́ς • (Thestĭắs) f (genitive Θεστῐᾰ́δος); third declension

1. a daughter of Thestius; a Thestiad

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Θεστῐᾰ́ς; τῆς Θεστῐᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Θεστῐᾰ́ς hē Thestĭắs	τὼ Θεστῐᾰ́δε tṑ Thestĭắde	αἱ Θεστῐᾰ́δες hai Thestĭắdes
Genitive	τῆς Θεστῐᾰ́δος tês Thestĭắdos	τοῖν Θεστῐᾰ́δοιν toîn Thestĭắdoin	τῶν Θεστῐᾰ́δων tôn Thestĭắdōn
Dative	τῇ Θεστῐᾰ́δῐ têi Thestĭắdĭ	τοῖν Θεστῐᾰ́δοιν toîn Thestĭắdoin	ταῖς Θεστῐᾰ́σῐ / Θεστῐᾰ́σῐν taîs Thestĭắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Θεστῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Thestĭắdă	τὼ Θεστῐᾰ́δε tṑ Thestĭắde	τᾱ̀ς Θεστῐᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Thestĭắdăs
Vocative	Θεστῐᾰ́ς Thestĭắs	Θεστῐᾰ́δε Thestĭắde	Θεστῐᾰ́δες Thestĭắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Θεστιάς (Thestiás)
  • Θεστιάδα (Thestiáda)
• Latin: Thestias

References

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