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Θήβη?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: Thēbē

Principal Part: Θήβη

Structure: Θηβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: poet. form of Θῆβαι, Hom.

Sense

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Θήβη Θήβα Θῆβαι
Genitive Θήβης Θήβαιν Θηβῶν
Dative Θήβῃ Θήβαιν Θήβαις
Accusative Θήβην Θήβα Θήβας
Vocative Θήβη Θήβα Θῆβαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἣ δὲ θεῷ δμηθεῖσα καὶ ἀνέρι πολλὸν ἀρίστῳ Θήβῃ ἐν ἑπταπύλῳ διδυμάονε γείνατο παῖδε, οὐ καθ ὁμὰ φρονέοντε: (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 3:5)
  • καὶ τοὺς μὲν πόλεμός τε κακὸς καὶ φύλοπις αἰνή, τοὺς μὲν ὑφ ἑπταπύλῳ Θήβῃ, Καδμηίδι γαίῃ, ὤλεσε μαρναμένους μήλων ἕνεκ Οἰδιπόδαο, τοὺς δὲ καὶ ἐν νήεσσιν ὑπὲρ μέγα λαῖτμα θαλάσσης ἐς Τροίην ἀγαγὼν Ἑλένης ἕνεκ ἠυκόμοιο. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 20:2)
  • Κάδμῳ δ Ἁρμονίη, θυγάτηρ χρυσέης Ἀφροδιτης, Ἰνὼ καὶ Σεμέλην καὶ Ἀγαυὴν καλλιπάρῃον Αὐτονόην θ, ἣν γῆμεν Ἀρισταῖος βαθυχαίτης, γείνατο καὶ Πολύδωρον ἐυστεφάνῳ ἐνὶ Θήβῃ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 105:1)
  • Θήβη δ ἁρματόεντα δίφρον συνεπήξατο πρώτη: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 50 2:1)
  • ἡ δὲ Θήβη, θυγάτηρ μὲν Ιἄσονος οὖσα, γυνὴ δὲ Ἀλεξάνδρου, πυνθανομένη παρὰ τῶν φυλαττόντων Πελοπίδαν τὸ θαρραλέον αὐτοῦ καὶ γενναῖον, ἐπεθύμησεν ἰδεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ προσειπεῖν. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 28 3:4)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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