Θεσμοφόρια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεσμός (thesmós, “law”) +‎ φορός (phorós, “bearing”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰez.mo.pʰó.ri.a/ → /θez.moˈɸo.ri.a/ → /θez.moˈfo.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰez.mo.pʰó.ri.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰez.moˈpʰo.ri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θez.moˈɸo.ri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θez.moˈfo.ri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θez.moˈfo.ri.a/

Proper noun

Θεσμοφόρῐᾰ • (Thesmophória) n (genitive Θεσμοφορῐ́ων); second declension

1. the Thesmophoria

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Θεσμοφόρῐᾰ; τῶν Θεσμοφορῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Θεσμοφόρῐᾰ tà Thesmophória
Genitive	τῶν Θεσμοφορῐ́ων tôn Thesmophoríōn
Dative	τοῖς Θεσμοφορῐ́οις toîs Thesmophoríois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Θεσμοφόρῐᾰ tà Thesmophória
Vocative	Θεσμοφόρῐᾰ Thesmophória
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θεσμοφόρια (Thesmofória)
• Latin: Thesmophoria

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027