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Θήβη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Θήβη

Structure: Θηβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: poet. form of Qh=bai, Hom.

Sense

Declension

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

  • Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀβιμέλεχ ἐκ Βαιθηλβερὶθ καὶ παρενέβαλεν ἐν Θήβησ καὶ κατέλαβεν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:50)
  • ἠθεῖ’, ἦ μάλα δή τι πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε τιμᾷ σὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ ταύρεοσ Ἐννοσίγαιοσ, ὃσ Θήβησ κρήδεμνον ἔχει ῥύεταί τε πόληα· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 8:2)
  • Ζῆθον μὲν ἐλθόνθ’ ἁγνὸν ἐσ Θήβησ πέδον οἰκεῖν κελεύει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 27 1:9)
  • σὺ μὲν τὸ Θήβησ, ὡσ λέγεισ, πέδον λιπών, ἀνδρῶν ἀρίστων ἐσθίειν δι’ ἡμέρασ ὅλησ τραχήλουσ καὶ κοπρῶνασ πλησίον Δίφιλοσ δὲ ἐν Βοιωτίδι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 11 2:3)
  • "τίσ δ’ ἂν ἡσθείη συναναπαυσάμενοσ τῇ καλλίστῃ γυναικὶ μᾶλλον προσαγρυπνήσασ οἷσ γέγραφε περὶ Πανθείασ Ξενοφῶν ἢ περὶ Τιμοκλείασ Ἀριστόβουλοσ ἢ Θήβησ Θεόπομποσ; (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 10 1:9)

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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