Ταλθύβιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from *Ταλεθόβιος (*Talethóbios), via Grassmann's Law, from θᾰ́λλω (thắllō, “sprout, grow”) +‎ βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tal.tʰý.bi.os/ → /talˈθy.βi.os/ → /talˈθi.vi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tal.tʰý.bi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /talˈtʰy.bi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /talˈθy.βi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /talˈθy.vi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /talˈθi.vi.os/

Proper noun

Ταλθῠ́βῐος • (Talthŭ́bĭos) m (genitive Ταλθῠβῐ́ου); second declension

1. Talthybius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ταλθῠ́βῐος; τοῦ Ταλθῠβῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ταλθῠ́βῐος ho Talthŭ́bĭos
Genitive	τοῦ Ταλθῠβῐ́ου toû Talthŭbĭ́ou
Dative	τῷ Ταλθῠβῐ́ῳ tôi Talthŭbĭ́ōi
Accusative	τὸν Ταλθῠ́βῐον tòn Talthŭ́bĭon
Vocative	Ταλθῠ́βῐε Talthŭ́bĭe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ταλθῠβῐᾰ́δης (Talthŭbĭắdēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Ταλθύβιος (Talthývios)
• Latin: Talthybius

References

• “Ταλθύβιος”, 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 1,026
• Ταλθύβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette