Thisbe

English

Proper noun

Thisbe

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of a pair of ill-fated lovers, whose story forms part of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
2. (astronomy) 88 Thisbe, a main belt asteroid; named for Thisbe, heroine of said Roman tale.

Translations

Asteroid

• French: Thisbé

Anagrams

• beshit

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θίσβη (Thísbē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰɪs.beː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiz.be]

Proper noun

Thisbē f sg (genitive Thisbēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) A maiden beloved by Pyramus
2. A coastal town of Boeotia situated near Mount Helicon

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Thisbē
genitive	Thisbēs
dative	Thisbae
accusative	Thisbēn
ablative	Thisbē
vocative	Thisbē
locative	Thisbēs

References

• “Thisbe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Thisbe”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Thisbe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly