Θηβαῖος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Θειβῆος (Theibêos) — Boeotian

Etymology

From Θῆβαι (Thêbai, “Thebes”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.bâi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝ˈbɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θiˈβɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θiˈve.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈve.os/

Adjective

Θηβαῖος • (Thēbaîos) m (feminine Θηβαίᾱ, neuter Θηβαῖον); first/second declension

Theban
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.492

Inflection

First and second declension of Θηβαῖος; Θηβαίᾱ; Θηβαῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Θηβαῖος Thēbaîos	Θηβαίᾱ Thēbaíā	Θηβαῖον Thēbaîon	Θηβαίω Thēbaíō	Θηβαίᾱ Thēbaíā	Θηβαίω Thēbaíō	Θηβαῖοι Thēbaîoi	Θηβαῖαι Thēbaîai	Θηβαῖᾰ Thēbaîă
Genitive	Θηβαίου Thēbaíou	Θηβαίᾱς Thēbaíās	Θηβαίου Thēbaíou	Θηβαίοιν Thēbaíoin	Θηβαίαιν Thēbaíain	Θηβαίοιν Thēbaíoin	Θηβαίων Thēbaíōn	Θηβαίων Thēbaíōn	Θηβαίων Thēbaíōn
Dative	Θηβαίῳ Thēbaíōi	Θηβαίᾳ Thēbaíāi	Θηβαίῳ Thēbaíōi	Θηβαίοιν Thēbaíoin	Θηβαίαιν Thēbaíain	Θηβαίοιν Thēbaíoin	Θηβαίοις Thēbaíois	Θηβαίαις Thēbaíais	Θηβαίοις Thēbaíois
Accusative	Θηβαῖον Thēbaîon	Θηβαίᾱν Thēbaíān	Θηβαῖον Thēbaîon	Θηβαίω Thēbaíō	Θηβαίᾱ Thēbaíā	Θηβαίω Thēbaíō	Θηβαίους Thēbaíous	Θηβαίᾱς Thēbaíās	Θηβαῖᾰ Thēbaîă
Vocative	Θηβαῖε Thēbaîe	Θηβαίᾱ Thēbaíā	Θηβαῖον Thēbaîon	Θηβαίω Thēbaíō	Θηβαίᾱ Thēbaíā	Θηβαίω Thēbaíō	Θηβαῖοι Thēbaîoi	Θηβαῖαι Thēbaîai	Θηβαῖᾰ Thēbaîă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Θηβαίως Thēbaíōs			Θηβαιότερος Thēbaióteros			Θηβαιότᾰτος Thēbaiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Θηβαίος (Thivaíos)
→ Latin: Thēbaeus
- Italian: tebeo

References

“Θηβαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Θηβαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Θηβαῖος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
“Θηβαῖος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027