Theseus

See also: Thêseus

English

Alternative forms

• Thêseus (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús). His name comes from the same root as θεσμός (thesmós), Greek for “institution”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiːsjuːs/, /ˈθiːsi.əs/

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Proper noun

Theseus

2. A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.

Derived terms

• ship of Theseus, Ship of Theseus

Related terms

• Thesean

Translations

hero

• Arabic: ثيسيوس
• Armenian: Թեսևս (hy) (Tʻesews)
• Breton: Theseüs
• Bulgarian: Тезей (Tezej)
• Catalan: Teseu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忒修斯 (zh) (Tèxiūsī)

• Czech: Théseus
• Danish: Theseus
• Dutch: Theseus
• Esperanto: Tezeo
• Estonian: Theseus
• Finnish: Theseus
• French: Thésée (fr) m
• Galician: Teseo (gl) m
• German: Theseus (de)
• Greek: Θησέας (el) m (Thiséas)

  Ancient Greek: Θησεύς m (Thēseús)

• Hebrew: תזאוס
• Hungarian: Thészeusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Þeseifur
• Italian: Teseo m
• Japanese: テセウス (Teseusu), テーセウス (Tēseusu)
• Latin: Thēseus m
• Lithuanian: Tesėjas
• Luxembourgish: Theseus
• Macedonian: Тезеј (Tezej)
• Norwegian: Thesevs
• Polish: Tezeusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Teseu (pt) m
• Romanian: Tezeu m
• Russian: Тезе́й (ru) m (Tezéj)
• Serbo-Croatian: Тезеј, Tezej (sh)
• Slovene: Tezej (sl)
• Spanish: Teseo
• Swedish: Theseus
• Turkish: Theseus
• Ukrainian: Тесей (Tesej)
• Urdu: تھیسیس (theses)

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús)bor.

Latin Theseus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰeː.sɛu̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛː.s̬eu̯s]

Proper noun

Thēseus m sg (genitive Thēseī or Thēseos); second declension

1. Theseus (a legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Thēseus
genitive	Thēseī Thēseos
dative	Thēseō
accusative	Thēseum Thēsea
ablative	Thēseō
vocative	Thēseu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θήσειος (Thḗseios), from Θησεύς (Thēseús) + -ιος (-ios).

By surface analysis, Thēseus +‎ -ēus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tʰeːˈseː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [teˈs̬ɛː.us]

Adjective

Thēsēus (feminine Thēsēa, neuter Thēsēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Thesean

   Synonym: Thēsēius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Thēsēus	Thēsēa	Thēsēum		Thēsēī	Thēsēae	Thēsēa
genitive	Thēsēī	Thēsēae	Thēsēī		Thēsēōrum	Thēsēārum	Thēsēōrum
dative	Thēsēō	Thēsēae	Thēsēō		Thēsēīs
accusative	Thēsēum	Thēsēam	Thēsēum		Thēsēōs	Thēsēās	Thēsēa
ablative	Thēsēō	Thēsēā	Thēsēō		Thēsēīs
vocative	Thēsēe	Thēsēa	Thēsēum		Thēsēī	Thēsēae	Thēsēa

Descendants

• ⇒ English: Thesean
• ⇒ French: théséen

Related terms

• Thēsīdēs
• Thēsēis

References

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