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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θεός (theós) + -αινα (-aina)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰé.ai̯.na/ → /ˈθe.ɛ.na/ → /ˈθe.e.na/
Noun
θέαινᾰ • (théaina) f (genitive θεαίνης); first declension
- (Epic) goddess
- Synonym: θεᾱ́ (theā́)
Declension
Further reading
- “θέαινα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θέαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θέαινα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θέαινα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “θέαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press