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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

  • λευκὴ μέν, οἱάν εἰκὸσ ἐκ κύκνου γεγενημένην, ἁπαλὴ δέ, ὡσ ἐν ᾠῷ τραφεῖσα, γυμνὰσ τὰ πολλὰ καὶ παλαιστική, καὶ οὕτω δή τι περισπούδαστοσ ὥστε καὶ πόλεμον ἀμφ’ αὐτῇ γενέσθαι, τοῦ Θησέωσ ἀώρον ἔτι ἁρπάσαντοσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 14:3)
  • ἐξαιρέτωσ δὲ τὴν Δήμητροσ πλάνην καὶ Κόρησ εὑρ́εσιν καὶ Κελεοῦ ξενίαν καὶ Τριπτολέμου γεωργίαν καὶ Ἰκαρίου ἀμπελουργίαν καὶ τὴν Ἠριγόνησ συμφοράν, καὶ ὅσα περὶ Βορέου καὶ ὅσα περὶ Ὠρειθυίασ καὶ Θησέωσ καὶ Αἰγέωσ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 40:2)
  • εἴσεται, καὶ ^ τὴν ἐν Αἵδου ἅπασαν τραγῳδίαν καὶ τὰσ κολάσεισ καὶ τὰσ ἐφ’ ἑκάστῃ αἰτίασ καὶ τὴν Πειρίθου καὶ Θησέωσ ἄχρι τοῦ Αἵδου ἑταιρείαν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 60:1)
  • νίκην τε Θησέωσ ἀγγελῶν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode3)
  • ὦ φίλτατ’, εὖ μὲν νόστον ἀγγέλλεισ σέθεν τήν τ’ ἀμφὶ Θησέωσ βάξιν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode6)

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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