θεσπιδαής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
θέσπις (théspis) + δαίω (daíō)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰes.pi.da.ɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰes.pi.daˈe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θes.pi.ðaˈis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θes.pi.ðaˈis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θes.pi.ðaˈis/
Adjective
θεσπῐδᾰής • (thespidaḗs) m or f (neuter θεσπῐδᾰές); third declension
- (Epic) divinely kindled
Declension
Third declension of θεσπῐδᾰής; θεσπῐδᾰές (uncontracted, Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | θεσπῐδᾰής thespidaḗs | θεσπῐδᾰές thespidaés | θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée | θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée | θεσπῐδᾰεῖς / θεσπῐδᾰέες thespidaeîs / thespidaées | θεσπῐδᾰέᾰ thespidaéa | ||||||||
Genitive | θεσπῐδᾰέος / θεσπῐδᾰεῦς thespidaéos / thespidaeûs | θεσπῐδᾰέος / θεσπῐδᾰεῦς thespidaéos / thespidaeûs | θεσπῐδᾰοῖν thespidaoîn | θεσπῐδᾰοῖν thespidaoîn | θεσπῐδᾰέων thespidaéōn | θεσπῐδᾰέων thespidaéōn | ||||||||
Dative | θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέῐ̈ thespidaeî / thespidaéï | θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέῐ̈ thespidaeî / thespidaéï | θεσπῐδᾰοῖν thespidaoîn | θεσπῐδᾰοῖν thespidaoîn | θεσπῐδᾰέσῐ / θεσπῐδᾰέσῐν thespidaési(n) | θεσπῐδᾰέσῐ / θεσπῐδᾰέσῐν thespidaési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | θεσπῐδᾰέᾰ thespidaéa | θεσπῐδᾰές thespidaés | θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée | θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée | θεσπῐδᾰέᾰς thespidaéas | θεσπῐδᾰέᾰ thespidaéa | ||||||||
Vocative | θεσπῐδᾰές thespidaés | θεσπῐδᾰές thespidaés | θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée | θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée | θεσπῐδᾰεῖς / θεσπῐδᾰέες thespidaeîs / thespidaées | θεσπῐδᾰέᾰ thespidaéa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
θεσπῐδᾰέως thespidaéōs | θεσπῐδᾰέστερος thespidaésteros | θεσπῐδᾰέστᾰτος thespidaéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θεσπιδαής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θεσπιδαής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θεσπιδαής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θεσπιδαής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press