Thebes

See also: thebes and Thêbes

English

Alternative forms

• Thêbes (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai), from two different sources. The name of the Greek city is further derived from Ionic-Attic Θήβη (Thḗbē), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀳𐀣 (te-qa /Tʰēgʷā/), from Proto-Hellenic *Tʰēgʷā, while the name of the Egyptian city is from Egyptian Demotic tꜣ-jpy (literally “the temple”), with the second component from earlier Egyptian

(jpt, “(inner sanctum of) a temple”) (cf. jpt-swt and pꜣ-n-jpt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θibz/

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• Rhymes: -ibz

Proper noun

Thebes

1. A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.
2. An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.

Related terms

• Theban
• Thebaic

Translations

city in Greece

• Armenian: Թեբե (hy) (Tʿebe)
• Catalan: Tebes
• Czech: Théby (cs) f pl
• Danish: Theben
• Esperanto: Tebo, Teboj pl
• French: Thèbes (fr) f
• Georgian: თებე (tebe)
• German: Theben (de) n

• Greek:

  Ancient: Θῆβαι pl (Thêbai)

  Mycenaean: 𐀳𐀣 (te-qa)

• Hungarian: Thébai
• Italian: Tebe f
• Latin: Thēbae f pl
• Polish: Teby (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Tebas (pt) f
• Russian: Фивы (ru) pl (Fivy)
• Spanish: Tebas (es) f

ancient city in Upper Egypt

• Armenian: Թեբե (hy) (Tʿebe)
• Catalan: Tebes
• Czech: Théby (cs) f pl
• Danish: Theben
• Egyptian: (wꜣst f)
• Esperanto: Tebo, Teboj pl
• French: Thèbes (fr) f
• Georgian: თებე (tebe)
• German: Theben (de) n

• Greek:

  Ancient: Θῆβαι pl (Thêbai)

• Hungarian: Théba
• Italian: Tebe f
• Latin: Thēbae f pl
• Polish: Teby (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Tebas (pt) f
• Russian: Фивы (ru) pl (Fivy)
• Spanish: Tebas (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} テーバイ (tēbai), テーベ (ja) (tēbe)

Anagrams

• Bethes, behest, bethes