A loan from Semitic. Compare Hebrew תֵּבָה (tēḇā, “ark, vessel”), Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt). Ultimately from Egyptian, for which see the last.
θῖβῐς • (thîbĭs) f (genitive θῑ́βεως); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ θῖβῐς hē thîbĭs |
τὼ θῑ́βει tṑ thī́bei |
αἱ θῑ́βεις hai thī́beis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θῑ́βεως tês thī́beōs |
τοῖν θῑβέοιν toîn thībéoin |
τῶν θῑ́βεων tôn thī́beōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θῑ́βει têi thī́bei |
τοῖν θῑβέοιν toîn thībéoin |
ταῖς θῑ́βεσῐ / θῑ́βεσῐν taîs thī́besĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θῖβῐν tḕn thîbĭn |
τὼ θῑ́βει tṑ thī́bei |
τᾱ̀ς θῑ́βεις tā̀s thī́beis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θῖβῐ thîbĭ |
θῑ́βει thī́bei |
θῑ́βεις thī́beis | ||||||||||
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