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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”), the same root of τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place, set”), as "the settled penalty". This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /θoˈi/ → /θoˈi/
Noun
θωή • (thōḗ) f (genitive θωῆς); first declension
- fine, penalty
- Synonyms: ζημῐ́ᾱ (zēmíā), ποινή (poinḗ)
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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