θεσπιδαής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

θέσπις (théspis) +‎ δαίω (daíō)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰes.pi.da.ɛ̌ːs/ → /θes.pi.ðaˈis/ → /θes.pi.ðaˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰes.pi.da.ɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰes.pi.daˈe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θes.pi.ðaˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θes.pi.ðaˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θes.pi.ðaˈis/

Adjective

θεσπῐδᾰής • (thespidaḗs) m or f (neuter θεσπῐδᾰές); third declension

1. (Epic) divinely kindled

Declension

Third declension of θεσπῐδᾰής; θεσπῐδᾰές (uncontracted, Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θεσπῐδᾰής thespidaḗs	θεσπῐδᾰές thespidaés		θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée	θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée		θεσπῐδᾰεῖς / θεσπῐδᾰέες thespidaeîs / thespidaées	θεσπῐδᾰέᾰ thespidaéa
Genitive		θεσπῐδᾰέος / θεσπῐδᾰεῦς thespidaéos / thespidaeûs	θεσπῐδᾰέος / θεσπῐδᾰεῦς thespidaéos / thespidaeûs		θεσπῐδᾰοῖν thespidaoîn	θεσπῐδᾰοῖν thespidaoîn		θεσπῐδᾰέων thespidaéōn	θεσπῐδᾰέων thespidaéōn
Dative		θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέῐ̈ thespidaeî / thespidaéï	θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέῐ̈ thespidaeî / thespidaéï		θεσπῐδᾰοῖν thespidaoîn	θεσπῐδᾰοῖν thespidaoîn		θεσπῐδᾰέσῐ / θεσπῐδᾰέσῐν thespidaési(n)	θεσπῐδᾰέσῐ / θεσπῐδᾰέσῐν thespidaési(n)
Accusative		θεσπῐδᾰέᾰ thespidaéa	θεσπῐδᾰές thespidaés		θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée	θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée		θεσπῐδᾰέᾰς thespidaéas	θεσπῐδᾰέᾰ thespidaéa
Vocative		θεσπῐδᾰές thespidaés	θεσπῐδᾰές thespidaés		θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée	θεσπῐδᾰεῖ / θεσπῐδᾰέε thespidaeî / thespidaée		θεσπῐδᾰεῖς / θεσπῐδᾰέες thespidaeîs / thespidaées	θεσπῐδᾰέᾰ thespidaéa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεσπῐδᾰέως thespidaéōs			θεσπῐδᾰέστερος thespidaésteros			θεσπῐδᾰέστᾰτος thespidaéstatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “θεσπιδαής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θεσπιδαής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θεσπιδαής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θεσπιδαής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press