tethea
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τήθεον (tḗtheon), a variant of τήθυον (tḗthuon, “ascidia, sea-squirt”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈteː.tʰe.a/
Noun
tēthea n pl (genitive tētheōrum); second declension
- (plural only) A kind of sponge
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | tēthea |
| Genitive | tētheōrum |
| Dative | tētheīs |
| Accusative | tēthea |
| Ablative | tētheīs |
| Vocative | tēthea |
References
- tethea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tethea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette