Θόας

See also: θοάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Deverbal proper noun from θέω (théō, “to dash, to race; to fly”) +‎ -ας (-as, a nominalizing suffix), with expected o-grade monophthongization of the verbal stem. Compare θοός.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Θόᾱς • (Thóās) m (genitive Θόᾰντος); third declension

  1. a male given name, Thoas, having a rough meaning of "dasher" or "racer".

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Θόᾱς; τοῦ Θόᾰντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Θόᾱς
ho Thóās
Genitive τοῦ Θόᾰντος
toû Thóăntos
Dative τῷ Θόᾰντῐ
tōî Thóăntĭ
Accusative τὸν Θόᾰντᾰ
tòn Thóăntă
Vocative Θόᾰν
Thóăn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Θόας (Thóas); Θόαντας (Thóantas)
  • → Latin: Thoās

References

  • “Θόας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
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