Θυέστης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀶𐀸𐀲 (tu-we-ta)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy.és.tɛːs/ → /θyˈes.tis/ → /θiˈes.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.és.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈes.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈes.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈes.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈes.tis/

Proper noun

Θῠέστης • (Thŭéstēs) m (genitive Θῠέστου); first declension

1. Thyestes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Θῠέστης; τοῦ Θῠέστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θῠέστης ho Thŭéstēs
Genitive	τοῦ Θῠέστου toû Thŭéstou
Dative	τῷ Θῠέστῃ tôi Thŭéstēi
Accusative	τὸν Θῠέστην tòn Thŭéstēn
Vocative	Θῠέστᾰ Thŭéstă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Θῠέστειος (Thŭésteios)

Descendants

• Greek: Θυέστης (Thyéstis)
• Italian: Tieste
• Latin: Thyestēs

References

• “Θυέστης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028