- Θῆβαι
- ΘῆβαιGrammatical information: f. pl.Meaning: rarely Θήβη sg. (on the numerus variation Schwyzer 638, Schwyzer-Debrunner 43 n. 3) Thebes, place name, esp. the capital of Boeotia and town in Upper Egypt (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member a. o. in Θηβᾱ-γενής (Hes. Th. 530), -αιγ- (E. Supp. 136; Schwyzer 452).Derivatives: Θηβαῖος `Theban', also as PN (Il.), f. Θηβᾱΐς, -ίδος f. `the territory of Th.' (IA), also name of an epic poem (Paus.); Θηβαιεύς, Θηβᾱϊκός (Hdt.), Θηβάδᾱς (Boeot., Megar.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 184), Θηβάνᾱς m. name of a north-eastern wind on Lesbos (Arist.); cf. Chantraine Formation 31.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Pre-Greek (Fick ON 78); Kretschmer Glotta 14, 307 compares Sabin. teba `hill' and Anatolian τάβα = πέτρα (St. Byz. s. Τάβαι); and id. Glotta 32, 182 and 33, 248 n. 4, 251; also Heubeck Gnomon 25, 270.Page in Frisk: 1,670
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