τέθηπα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to θάμβος (thámbos, “amazement”) and τάφος (táphos, “amazement”) and maybe θαῦμα (thaûma, “wonder, marvel”) and θεάομαι (theáomai, “to watch”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.tʰɛː.pa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.tʰe̝.pa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.θi.pa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.θi.pa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.θi.pa/
Verb
τέθηπᾰ • (téthēpă)
- (intransitive) to be astonished, astounded, amazed
- (transitive) to be amazed at
Conjugation
Found only in the aorist, perfect (which has present meaning), and pluperfect (which has imperfect meaning); in all tenses, the participles are more common than finite forms.
Aorist: ἔτᾰφον, ἐτᾰφόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔτᾰφον | ἔτᾰφες | ἔτᾰφε(ν) | ἐτᾰ́φετον | ἐτᾰφέτην | ἐτᾰ́φομεν | ἐτᾰ́φετε | ἔτᾰφον | ||||
| subjunctive | τᾰ́φω | τᾰ́φῃς | τᾰ́φῃ | τᾰ́φητον | τᾰ́φητον | τᾰ́φωμεν | τᾰ́φητε | τᾰ́φωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | τᾰ́φοιμῐ | τᾰ́φοις | τᾰ́φοι | τᾰ́φοιτον | τᾰφοίτην | τᾰ́φοιμεν | τᾰ́φοιτε | τᾰ́φοιεν | |||||
| imperative | τᾰ́φε | τᾰφέτω | τᾰ́φετον | τᾰφέτων | τᾰ́φετε | τᾰφόντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐτᾰφόμην | ἐτᾰ́φου | ἐτᾰ́φετο | ἐτᾰ́φεσθον | ἐτᾰφέσθην | ἐτᾰφόμεθᾰ | ἐτᾰ́φεσθε | ἐτᾰ́φοντο | ||||
| subjunctive | τᾰ́φωμαι | τᾰ́φῃ | τᾰ́φηται | τᾰ́φησθον | τᾰ́φησθον | τᾰφώμεθᾰ | τᾰ́φησθε | τᾰ́φωνται | |||||
| optative | τᾰφοίμην | τᾰ́φοιο | τᾰ́φοιτο | τᾰ́φοισθον | τᾰφοίσθην | τᾰφοίμεθᾰ | τᾰ́φοισθε | τᾰ́φοιντο | |||||
| imperative | τᾰφοῦ | τᾰφέσθω | τᾰ́φεσθον | τᾰφέσθων | τᾰ́φεσθε | τᾰφέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | τᾰφεῖν | τᾰφέσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | τᾰφών | τᾰφόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | τᾰφοῦσᾰ | τᾰφομένη | |||||||||||
| n | τᾰφόν | τᾰφόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | τᾰ́φον | τᾰ́φες | τᾰ́φε(ν) | τᾰ́φετον | τᾰφέτην | τᾰ́φομεν | τᾰ́φετε | τᾰ́φον | ||||
| subjunctive | τᾰ́φω, τᾰ́φωμῐ |
τᾰ́φῃς, τᾰ́φῃσθᾰ |
τᾰ́φῃ, τᾰ́φῃσῐ |
τᾰ́φητον | τᾰ́φητον | τᾰ́φωμεν | τᾰ́φητε | τᾰ́φωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | τᾰ́φοιμῐ | τᾰ́φοις / τᾰ́φοισθᾰ | τᾰ́φοι | τᾰφεῖτον | τᾰφείτην | τᾰφεῖμεν | τᾰφεῖτε | τᾰφεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | τᾰ́φε | τᾰφέτω | τᾰ́φετον | τᾰφέτων | τᾰ́φετε | τᾰφόντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | τᾰφόμην | τᾰ́φεο | τᾰ́φετο | τᾰ́φεσθον | τᾰφέσθην | τᾰφόμε(σ)θᾰ | τᾰ́φεσθε | τᾰ́φοντο | ||||
| subjunctive | τᾰ́φωμαι | τᾰ́φηαι | τᾰ́φηται | τᾰ́φησθον | τᾰ́φησθον | τᾰφώμε(σ)θᾰ | τᾰ́φησθε | τᾰ́φωνται | |||||
| optative | τᾰφοίμην | τᾰ́φοιο | τᾰ́φοιτο | τᾰ́φοισθον | τᾰφοίσθην | τᾰφοίμε(σ)θᾰ | τᾰ́φοισθε | τᾰφοίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | τᾰ́φεο | τᾰφέσθω | τᾰ́φεσθον | τᾰφέσθων | τᾰ́φεσθε | τᾰφέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | τᾰφεῖν / τᾰφέμεν(αι) | τᾰφέσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | τᾰφών | τᾰφόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | τᾰφοῦσᾰ | τᾰφομένη | |||||||||||
| n | τᾰφόν | τᾰφόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: τέθηπᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | τέθηπᾰ | τέθηπᾰς | τέθηπε(ν) | τεθήπᾰτον | τεθήπᾰτον | τεθήπᾰμεν | τεθήπᾰτε | τεθήπᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | τεθήπω | τεθήπῃς | τεθήπῃ | τεθήπητον | τεθήπητον | τεθήπωμεν | τεθήπητε | τεθήπωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | τεθήποιμῐ / τεθηποίην | τεθήποις / τεθηποίης | τεθήποι / τεθηποίη | τεθήποιτον | τεθηποίτην | τεθήποιμεν | τεθήποιτε | τεθήποιεν | |||||
| imperative | τέθηπε | τεθηπέτω | τεθήπετον | τεθηπέτων | τεθήπετε | τεθηπόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | τεθηπέναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | τεθηπώς | |||||||||||
| f | τεθηπυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | τεθηπός | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐτεθήπεᾰ (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐτεθήπεᾰ | ἐτεθήπεᾰς | ἐτεθήπει(ν) | ἐτεθήπετον | ἐτεθηπέτην | ἐτεθήπεμεν | ἐτεθήπετε | ἐτεθήπεσᾰν | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
- “τέθηπα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τέθηπα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τέθηπα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- τέθηπα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “τέθηπα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press