Thebae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Thēbē

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰeː.bae̯/, [ˈt̪ʰeːbäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.be/, [ˈt̪ɛːbe]

Proper noun

Thēbae f pl (genitive Thēbārum); first declension

1. Thebes (a city in Greece)
2. Thebes (a city in Egypt)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Thēbae
Genitive	Thēbārum
Dative	Thēbīs
Accusative	Thēbās
Ablative	Thēbīs
Vocative	Thēbae
Locative	Thēbīs

Related terms

• Thēbaeus
• Thēbaides
• Thēbāicus
• Thēbāis
• Thēbāna
• Thēbānus

 

References

• “Thebae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Thebae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.