Thoth

English

Thoth, relief in the temple of Ramesses II in Abydos, Egypt

Etymology

Via Latin Thōth from Ancient Greek Θώθ (Thṓth), from Egyptian ḏḥwtj (“Thoth”, literally “he who is like the ibis”). Compare Coptic Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (Thōout).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: θōθʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈθəʊθ/
• (US) enPR: θōθʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈθoʊθ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊθ

Proper noun

Thoth

1. (Egyptian mythology) The ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.
2. The first month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Thoth has been in roughly September.
   • 1762, John Kennedy, A Complete System of Astronomical Chronology Unfolding the Scriptures:

     To November 1 add 7, and the ſum will ſhew, that the ſeventh day of Thoth fell, that year, upon the eighth day of November.

   • 1842, Frederick Portal, “Correspondence—Swedenborg and Champollion”, in The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Parochial History, and Documents Respecting the State of the Poor, Progress of Education, Etc, volume 21:

     Now the month of Thoth was the first of the Egyptian year, because this month begins a new period.

   • 1989, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume 56:

     In that case this quadrimenstruum would be the first one of the Egyptian year, Thoth, Phaophi, Hathyr, Choeac.

Translations

Egyptian god

• Arabic: تحوت m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托特 (zh) (Tuōtè)

• Coptic: ⲑⲱⲑ (thōth)
• Czech: Thovt m
• Egyptian: (ḏḥwtj)
• Esperanto: Toto
• Finnish: Thot
• French: Thot (fr) m
• Georgian: ტოტი (ka) (ṭoṭi), თოტი (toṭi)
• German: Thot m
• Greek: Θωθ (el) (Thoth)

  Ancient: Θώθ (Thṓth)

• Icelandic: Þoþ m
• Italian: Thot m; Toth m, Thoth m, Theuth m
• Japanese: トート (Tōto)
• Korean: 토트 (Toteu)
• Marathi: थोथ m (thoth)
• Polish: Thot m, Tot m
• Portuguese: Tot m, Tote m
• Russian: Тот (ru) m (Tot)
• Sicilian: Thot m
• Spanish: Tot m
• Swedish: Thot (sv)

See also

Egyptian/Coptic calendar monthsedit

• Thoth
• Phaophi
• Hathyr
• Choiak
• Tybi
• Mecheir
• Phamenoth
• Pharmouthi
• Pachon
• Pauni
• Epeiph
• Mesore

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θώθ (Thṓth, “Thoth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰoːtʰ/, [ˈt̪ʰoːt̪ʰ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtot/, [ˈt̪ɔt̪]

Proper noun

Thōth m (indeclinable)

1. Thoth

Declension

Indeclinable noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Thōth
genitive	Thōth
dative	Thōth
accusative	Thōth
ablative	Thōth
vocative	Thōth

References

• “Thoth”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Thoth in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Thoth in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung