Thebe

From Latin Thēbē, from Ionic Greek Θήβη (Thḗbē), variant of Aeolic Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai, “Thebes”). Doublet of Thebes.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiː.bi/

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• Rhymes: -iːbi

Thebe

1. (Greek mythology) One of daughters of Zeus.
2. (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.

• Bethe, beeth, bethe

Via Latin Thēbē ultimately from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai).

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.bə/

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• Hyphenation: The‧be

Thebe n

1. Thebes (city in Greece)
2. Thebes (city in Egypt)

• Thebaan

• Thēbae

From Epic Greek and Ionic Greek Θήβη (Thḗbē), variant of Aeolic Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai) whence the doublet of Thēbae.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰeː.beː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛː.be]

Thēbē f sg (genitive Thēbēs); first declension

1. Thebes (a city in Greece)
2. Thebes (a city in Egypt)
3. a female given name, equivalent to English Thebe
4. (Greek mythology) Thebe, a nymph and daughter of Asopus and Metope; alternately the daughter of Zeus and Iodame

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only.

• Old French: Thebes
• → Middle English: Thebe, Thebes
• → English: Thebe, Thebes

• “Thebe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Thebe”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1567.
• Thebe in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3102

• Thebes, Tebes, Tebis
• Thebea, Thebi, Thebie, Tebe, Tebea, Tebie, Thebies, Thebei, Thebeies, Tebies

From Latin Thēbē, from Ionic Greek Θήβη (Thḗbē), variant of Aeolic Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai).

Thebe

1. Thebes (a city in Greece)
2. Thebes (a city in Egypt)

• “Thēbẹ̄̆, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “Thēbẹ̄̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Thebe

1. (astronomy) Thebe