tethea
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek τήθεον (tḗtheon), a variant of τήθυον (tḗthuon, “ascidia, sea-squirt”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈteː.tʰe.a/, [ˈt̪eːt̪ʰeä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.te.a/, [ˈt̪ɛːt̪eä]
Noun
[edit]tēthea n pl (genitive tētheōrum); second declension
- (plural only) A kind of sponge
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | tēthea |
Genitive | tētheōrum |
Dative | tētheīs |
Accusative | tēthea |
Ablative | tētheīs |
Vocative | tēthea |
References
[edit]- “tethea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tethea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.