Theseus

See also: Thêseus

English

Alternative forms

• Thêseus (dated)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús). His name comes from the same root as θεσμός (thesmós), Greek for “institution”.

Proper noun

Theseus

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

Derived terms

• Thesean

Translations

hero

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

  Mandarin: 忒修斯 (Tèxiūsī)

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

  Ancient: Θησεύς m (Thēseús)

• Hebrew: תזאוס
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: Thészeusz
• Icelandic: Þeseifur
• Italian: Teseo
• Japanese: テセウス (Teseusu)
• Latin: Thēseus m
• Lithuanian: Tesėjas
• Luxembourgish: Theseus
• Norwegian: Thesevs
• Polish: Tezeusz
• Portuguese: Teseu
• Romanian: Tezeu m
• Russian: Тезе́й (ru) m (Tezéj)
• Serbo-Croatian: Тезеј, Tezej
• Slovene: Tezej
• Spanish: Teseo
• Swedish: Theseus
• Turkish: Theseus
• Ukrainian: Тесей (Tesej)
• Urdu: تھیسیس (theses)