Θεστιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Θέστῐος (Théstios) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰes.ti.ás/ → /θes.tiˈas/ → /θes.tiˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰes.ti.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰes.tiˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θes.tiˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θes.tiˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θes.tiˈas/

Proper noun

Θεστῐᾰ́ς • (Thestiás) f (genitive Θεστῐᾰ́δος); third declension

1. a daughter of Thestius; a Thestiad

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Θεστῐᾰ́ς; τῆς Θεστῐᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Θεστῐᾰ́ς hē Thestiás	τὼ Θεστῐᾰ́δε tṑ Thestiáde	αἱ Θεστῐᾰ́δες hai Thestiádes
Genitive	τῆς Θεστῐᾰ́δος tês Thestiádos	τοῖν Θεστῐᾰ́δοιν toîn Thestiádoin	τῶν Θεστῐᾰ́δων tôn Thestiádōn
Dative	τῇ Θεστῐᾰ́δῐ têi Thestiádi	τοῖν Θεστῐᾰ́δοιν toîn Thestiádoin	ταῖς Θεστῐᾰ́σῐ / Θεστῐᾰ́σῐν taîs Thestiási(n)
Accusative	τὴν Θεστῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Thestiáda	τὼ Θεστῐᾰ́δε tṑ Thestiáde	τᾱ̀ς Θεστῐᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Thestiádas
Vocative	Θεστῐᾰ́ς Thestiás	Θεστῐᾰ́δε Thestiáde	Θεστῐᾰ́δες Thestiádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Θεστιάς (Thestiás)
  • Θεστιάδα (Thestiáda)
• Latin: Thestias

References

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