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Θησεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Θησεύς

Structure: Θησευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: From QE, Root of ti/qhmi, the settler; cf. qh/s.

Sense

  1. Theseus

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Θησεύς Θησή Θησής
Genitive Θησέως Θησέοιν Θησέων
Dative Θησεί Θησέοιν Θησεῦσιν*
Accusative Θησέα Θησή Θησέᾱς
Vocative Θησεύ Θησή Θησής

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

  • Θησεῦ, <σὺ> τάδε μὲν βλέπεισ σαφῆ Διὸσ δῶρα· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 4:3)
  • ὦ καλλίνικε γῆσ Ἀθηναίων ἄναξ, Θησεῦ, σὸσ ἱκέτησ καὶ πόλεωσ ἥκω σέθεν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:1)
  • κομίσαι σε, Θησεῦ, παῖδασ Ἀργείων θέλων. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:15)
  • κἀγὼ τὸν αὐτὸν τῷδέ σοι λόγον λέγω, Θησεῦ, δι’ οἴκτου τὰσ ἐμὰσ λαβεῖν τύχασ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:24)
  • ἐκ τῶνδε μὴ θαύμαζε τῶν εἰρημένων, Θησεῦ, πρὸ πύργων τούσδε τολμῆσαι θανεῖν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:11)

Synonyms

  1. Theseus

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

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