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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

  • ταῦτα γὰρ ἀμέλει διηγήσαντο τοῖσ πάλαι ἐκεῖθεν ἀφιγμένοι Ἄλκηστίσ τε καὶ Πρωτεσίλαοσ οἱ Θετταλοὶ καὶ Θησεὺσ ὁ τοῦ Αἰγέωσ καὶ ὁ τοῦ Ὁμήρου Ὀδυσσεύσ, μάλα σεμνοὶ καὶ ἀξιόπιστοι μάρτυρεσ, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν οὐ πιόντεσ τῆσ πηγῆσ· (Lucian, (no name) 5:2)
  • ἴδεν δὲ Θησεύσ, μέλαν δ’ ὑπ’ ὀφρύων δίνασεν ὄμμα, καρδίαν τέ ϝοι σχέτλιον ἄμυξεν ἄλγοσ, εἶρέν τε· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 1:6)
  • εἶδον γὰρ λευκὴν μέν τινα καὶ ἐπιμήκη τὸν τράχηλον, ὡσ εἰκάζειν κύκνου θυγατέρα εἶναι, τἆλλα δὲ πάνυ πρεσβῦτιν, ἡλικιῶτιν σχεδὸν τῆσ Ἑκάβησ, ἥν γε Θησεὺσ πρῶτον ἁρπάσασ ἐν Ἀφίδναισ εἶχε κατὰ τὸν Ἡρακλέα γενόμενοσ, ὁ δὲ Ἡρακλῆσ πρότερον εἷλε Τροίαν κατὰ τοὺσ πατέρασ ἡμῶν τοὺσ τότε μάλιστα. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 17:11)
  • Θησεύσ σ’ ἀπαιτεῖ πρὸσ χάριν θάψαι νεκρούσ, συγγείτον’ οἰκῶν γαῖαν, ἀξιῶν τυχεῖν, φίλον τε θέσθαι πάντ’ Ἐρεχθειδῶν λεών. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode3)
  • παρὸν δὲ τειχέων ἔσω μολεῖν, Θησεὺσ ἐπέσχεν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:26)

Synonyms

  1. Theseus

Related

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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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