θωή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • θωᾱ́ (thōā́)Attic
  • θωϊή (thōïḗ)Ionic

Etymology

Traditionally derived from an o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to put), the same root of τίθημι (títhēmi, to put, place, set), as "the settled penalty".[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θωή • (thōḗf (genitive θωῆς); first declension

  1. fine, penalty
    Synonyms: ζημῐ́ᾱ (zēmĭ́ā), ποινή (poinḗ)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “θωή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 568

Further reading

  • θωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • θωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • θωή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • θωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • θωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • θωή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011