θωή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɔː.ɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰoˈe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θoˈi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θoˈi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θoˈi/
Noun
θωή • (thōḗ) f (genitive θωῆς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θωή hē thōḗ |
τὼ θωᾱ́ tṑ thōā́ |
αἱ θωαί hai thōaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θωῆς tês thōês |
τοῖν θωαῖν toîn thōaîn |
τῶν θωῶν tôn thōôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θωῇ tēî thōēî |
τοῖν θωαῖν toîn thōaîn |
ταῖς θωαῖς taîs thōaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θωήν tḕn thōḗn |
τὼ θωᾱ́ tṑ thōā́ |
τᾱ̀ς θωᾱ́ς tā̀s thōā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θωή thōḗ |
θωᾱ́ thōā́ |
θωαί thōaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
References
- ^ 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