tethea

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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

  1. (plural only) A kind of sponge

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

plural
nominative tēthea
genitive tētheōrum
dative tētheīs
accusative tēthea
ablative tētheīs
vocative tēthea

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.