θωή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- θωᾱ́ (thōā́) – Attic
- θωϊή (thōïḗ) – Ionic
Etymology
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”), the same root of τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place, set”), as "the settled penalty".
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
- fine, penalty
- Synonyms: ζημῐ́ᾱ (zēmíā), ποινή (poinḗ)
Declension
First declension of ἡ θωή; τῆς θωῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 têi thōêi | 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
- ἀθῷος (athôios)
- θωᾰ́ζω (thōázō)
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
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN