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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

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

  • τὰ μέγιστα δὲ καὶ ὧν ἕνεκα ἐπεθύμησα τῆσ αὐλητικῆσ, οὐχ ὁρῶ πῶσ ἂν ἀπ̓ αὐτῆσ μοι προσγένοιτο, ἡ δόξα ἡ παρὰ τῶν πολλῶν καὶ τὸ ἐπίσημον εἶναι ἐν πλήθεσι καὶ δείκνυσθαι τῷ δακτύλῳ, καὶ ἤν που φανῶ, εὐθὺσ ἐπιστρέφεσθαι πάντασ εἰσ ἐμὲ καὶ λέγειν τοὔνομα, οὗτοσ Ἁρμονίδησ ἐκεῖνόσ ἐστιν ὁ ἄριστοσ αὐλητήσ, ὥσπερ ὅτε καὶ σύ, ὦ Τιμόθεε, τὸ πρῶτον ἐλθὼν οἴκοθεν ἐκ Βοιωτίασ ὑπηύλησασ τῇ Πανδιονίδι καὶ ἐνίκησασ ἐν τῷ Αἰάντι τῷ ἐμμανεῖ, τοῦ ὁμωνύμου σοι ποιήσαντοσ τὸ μέλοσ, οὐδεὶσ ἦν ὃσ ἠγνόει τοὔνομα, Τιμόθεον ἐκ Θηβῶν· (Lucian, Harmonides 2:1)
  • ἠπιστάμην, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, καὶ ταῦτα μὲν καὶ ὅτι ἀπολυθήσομαι αὖθισ οἶδα, καὶ ἤδη γέ τισ ἐκ Θηβῶν ἀφίξεται σὸσ ἀδελφὸσ οὐκ εἰσ μακρὰν κατατοξεύσων ὃν φὴσ ἐπιπτήσεσθαί μοι τὸν ἀετόν. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 20:6)
  • οὗτοσ ἦν ὁ τὴν πρεσβείαν τὴν παρὰ Φιλίππου πορευομένην ὡσ ἡμᾶσ ἐκ Θηβῶν καλέσασ, καὶ τοῦ λυθῆναι τὸν πρῶτον πόλεμον αἴτιοσ γενόμενοσ· (Dinarchus, Speeches, 32:8)
  • σὺ δ’ ἦσθα Θηβῶν τῶν φιλαρμάτων ἄναξ, ἔγκληρα πεδία τἀμὰ γῆσ κεκτημένοσ, ὡσ ἐξέπειθεσ τὸν κατασπείραντά σε· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 1:13)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ νύμφασ ἠκροθινιαζόμην, κήδη συνάψουσ’, ἔκ τ’ Ἀθηναίων χθονὸσ Σπάρτησ τε Θηβῶν θ’, ὡσ ἀνημμένοι κάλῳσ πρυμνησίοισι βίον ἔχοιτ’ εὐδαίμονα. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 1:17)

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

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