Τηθύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly connected with τήθη (tḗthē, “grandmother”), as she is referred to in Homer on two occasions as “mother of the gods”. Alternatively, derived from Proto-Indo-European *kweth₂- (“to bubble, foam”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.tʰy̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈtʰys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈθys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈθys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈθis/

Proper noun

Τηθῡ́ς • (Tēthū́s) f (genitive Τηθῠ́ος); third declension

Tethys (a Titan)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Τηθῡ́ς; τῆς Τηθῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τηθῡ́ς hē Tēthū́s
Genitive	τῆς Τηθῠ́ος tês Tēthŭ́os
Dative	τῇ Τηθῠ́ῐ̈ tēî Tēthŭ́ĭ̈
Accusative	τὴν Τηθῡ́ν tḕn Tēthū́n
Vocative	Τηθῡ́ Tēthū́
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Τηθύς (Tithýs)
Latin: Tēthȳs

References

“Τηθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Τηθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Τηθύς”, 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 1,027
Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2024) “*ku̯ath₂ > *ku̯eth₂-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²‎^[2]