tethea
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τήθεον (tḗtheon), a variant of τήθυον (tḗthuon, “ascidia, sea-squirt”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.