Θαύμας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

θαῦμα (thaûma, “wonder, marvel”) +‎ -ᾱς (-ās, “male name suffix”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰǎu̯.maːs/ → /ˈθaβ.mas/ → /ˈθav.mas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰǎu̯.maːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaw.mas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθaβ.mas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθav.mas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθav.mas/

Proper noun

Θαύμᾱς • (Thaúmās) m (genitive Θαύμᾰντος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Thaumas

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Θαύμᾱς; τοῦ Θαύμᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θαύμᾱς ho Thaúmās
Genitive	τοῦ Θαύμᾰντος toû Thaúmantos
Dative	τῷ Θαύμᾰντῐ tôi Thaúmanti
Accusative	τὸν Θαύμᾰντᾰ tòn Thaúmanta
Vocative	Θαῦμᾰν Thaûman
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θαύμας (Thávmas), Θαύμαντας (Thávmantas)
• Latin: Thaumās

References

• “Θαύμας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027