τήθη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τηθή (tēthḗ)
Etymology
Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁dʰ-. Others prefer to connect it with Proto-Slavic *dědъ (“grandfather”), Lithuanian dė̃dė, dė̃dis (“uncle”) and Latvian dȩ̀ds (“old man”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tɛ̌ː.tʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte̝.tʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈti.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈti.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.θi/
Noun
τήθη • (tḗthē) f (genitive τήθης); first declension
- grandmother
- Synonym: μᾰ́μμη (mámmē)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ τήθη; τῆς τήθης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τήθη hē tḗthē | τὼ τήθᾱ tṑ tḗthā | αἱ τῆθαι hai têthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τήθης tês tḗthēs | τοῖν τήθαιν toîn tḗthain | τῶν τηθῶν tôn tēthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τήθῃ têi tḗthēi | τοῖν τήθαιν toîn tḗthain | ταῖς τήθαις taîs tḗthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τήθην tḕn tḗthēn | τὼ τήθᾱ tṑ tḗthā | τᾱ̀ς τήθᾱς tā̀s tḗthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | τήθη tḗthē | τήθᾱ tḗthā | τῆθαι têthai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐπῐτήθη (epitḗthē)
- προτήθη (protḗthē)
- τηθῐ́ᾱ (tēthíā)
- τηθῐ́ς (tēthís)
Further reading
- “τήθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τήθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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