Theseus

Theseus

See also: Thêseus

English

Alternative forms

• Thêseus (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús). His name comes from the same root as θεσμός (thesmós), Greek for “institution”.

Proper noun

Theseus

1. A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.

Derived terms

• Thesean

Translations

hero

Arabic: ثيسيوس‎ Armenian: Թեսևս (Tʿesews) Breton: Theseüs Bulgarian: Тезей (Tezej) Catalan: Teseu Chinese: Mandarin: 忒修斯 (Tèxiūsī) Czech: Théseus Danish: Theseus Dutch: Theseus Estonian: Theseus Finnish: Theseus French: Thésée Galician: Teseo German: Theseus Greek: Θησέας (el) m (Thiséas) Ancient: Θησεύς m (Thēseús) Hebrew: תזאוס‎

Hungarian: Thészeusz Icelandic: Þeseifur Italian: Teseo Japanese: テセウス (Teseusu) Latin: Theseus Lithuanian: Tesėjas Luxembourgish: Theseus Norwegian: Thesevs Polish: Tezeusz Portuguese: Teseu Russian: Тезе́й (ru) m (Tezéj) Serbo-Croatian: Тезеј, Tezej Slovene: Tezej Spanish: Teseo Swedish: Theseus Turkish: Theseus Ukrainian: Тесей (Tesej) Urdu: تھیسیس‎