Θυέστης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Θῠέστης • (Thŭéstēsm (genitive Θῠέστου); first declension

  1. Thyestes

Inflection

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