τευθίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τευθιάς (teuthiás), τεῦθος (teûthos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word could be Pre-Greek, in view of the variant and the meaning. Several unconvincing attempts have been made by Pokorny, who compares the word with Sanskrit दोधति (dodhati, “fierce, impetuous, turbulent”) and by Schindler, who assumes an original color term, like in the plant name τεύθριον (teúthrion).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /teu̯.tʰís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /teʍˈtʰis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /teɸˈθis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tefˈθis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tefˈθis/

Noun

τευθῐ́ς • (teuthĭ́s) f (genitive τευθῐ́δος); third declension

squid (Loligo vulgaris)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τευθῐ́ς; τῆς τευθῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τευθῐ́ς hē teuthĭ́s	τὼ τευθῐ́δε tṑ teuthĭ́de	αἱ τευθῐ́δες hai teuthĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς τευθῐ́δος tês teuthĭ́dos	τοῖν τευθῐ́δοιν toîn teuthĭ́doin	τῶν τευθῐ́δων tôn teuthĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ τευθῐ́δῐ tēî teuthĭ́dĭ	τοῖν τευθῐ́δοιν toîn teuthĭ́doin	ταῖς τευθῐ́σῐ / τευθῐ́σῐν taîs teuthĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τευθῐ́δᾰ tḕn teuthĭ́dă	τὼ τευθῐ́δε tṑ teuthĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς τευθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s teuthĭ́dăs
Vocative	τευθῐ́ς teuthĭ́s	τευθῐ́δε teuthĭ́de	τευθῐ́δες teuthĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

τευθίδιον (teuthídion)
τευθιδώδης (teuthidṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Teuthis
→ Old Armenian: թիսիւր (tʻisiwr)