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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τήθεον (tḗtheon), a variant of τήθυον (tḗthuon, “ascidia, sea-squirt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tēthea n pl (genitive tētheōrum); second declension
- (plural only) A kind of sponge
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
References
- “tethea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tethea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.