Θησεύς

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Θησεύς. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Θησεύς, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Θησεύς in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Θησεύς you have here. The definition of the word Θησεύς will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofΘησεύς, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ancient Greek

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Related to words describing law and institutions, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to put).[1] See θεσμός (thesmós, institution) and θέσις (thésis).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Θησεύς (Thēseúsm (genitive Θησέως); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Theseus

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Θησεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Θησεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Θησεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Θησεύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
  1. ^ The Classical Journal, Volume 42, p. 34