Σεύθης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *Seúthē (“priest, sacrificer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sěu̯.tʰɛːs/ → /ˈseɸ.θis/ → /ˈsef.θis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sěu̯.tʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsew.tʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈseɸ.θis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsef.θis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsef.θis/

Proper noun

Σεύθης • (Seúthēs) m (genitive Σεύθου); first declension

1. a male given name from Thracian: Seuthes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σεύθης; τοῦ Σεύθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σεύθης ho Seúthēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σεύθου toû Seúthou
Dative	τῷ Σεύθῃ tôi Seúthēi
Accusative	τὸν Σεύθην tòn Seúthēn
Vocative	Σεύθη Seúthē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σεύθης (Séfthis)
• Latin: Seuthēs

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• Σεύθης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette