Τειρεσίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek τείρεα (teírea, “celestial sign”), a variant of τέρας (téras, “divine sign, omen, marvel, wonder”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /teː.re.sí.aːs/ → /ti.reˈsi.as/ → /ti.reˈsi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /teː.re.sí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti.reˈsi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.reˈsi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.reˈsi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.reˈsi.as/

Proper noun

Τειρεσῐ́ᾱς • (Teiresíās) m (genitive Τειρεσῐ́ου); first declension

1. Tiresias
   • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 173

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Τειρεσῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Τειρεσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τειρεσῐ́ᾱς ho Teiresíās
Genitive	τοῦ Τειρεσῐ́ου toû Teiresíou
Dative	τῷ Τειρεσῐ́ᾳ tôi Teiresíāi
Accusative	τὸν Τειρεσῐ́ᾱν tòn Teiresíān
Vocative	Τειρεσῐ́ᾱ Teiresíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of Τειρεσῐ́ᾱς; Τειρεσῐ́ᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Τειρεσῐ́ᾱς Teiresíās
Genitive	Τειρεσῐ́ᾱο / Τειρεσῐέ͜ω / Τειρεσῐ́ω Teiresíāo / Teiresié͜ō / Teiresíō
Dative	Τειρεσῐ́ᾳ Teiresíāi
Accusative	Τειρεσῐ́ᾱν Teiresíān
Vocative	Τειρεσῐ́ᾱ Teiresíā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: Тирезий (Tirezij)
• → Catalan: Tirèsias
• → Czech: Teiresiás
• → Danish: Teiresias
• → Dutch: Tiresias
• → English: Tiresias, Teiresias
• → Finnish: Teiresias
• → French: Tirésias
• → German: Teiresias
• Greek: Τειρεσίας (Teiresías)
• → Hebrew: טירסיאס
• → Hungarian: Teiresziasz
• → Italian: Tiresia
• → Japanese: テイレシアス (Teireshiasu)
• → Latin: Tiresias
• → Polish: Tejrezjasz
• → Portuguese: Tirésias
• → Russian: Тиресий (Tiresij)
• → Spanish: Tiresias
• → Swedish: Teiresias
• → Ukrainian: Тіресій (Tiresij)

References

• “Τειρεσίας”, 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 1,028