θέτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek θέτης (thétēs)

From the root of τίθημι (títhēmi, “to set, place”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

θέτης • (thétēs) m (genitive θέτου); first declension

First declension of ὁ θέτης; τοῦ θέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θέτης ho thétēs	τὼ θέτᾱ tṑ thétā	οἱ θέται hoi thétai
Genitive	τοῦ θέτου toû thétou	τοῖν θέταιν toîn thétain	τῶν θετῶν tôn thetôn
Dative	τῷ θέτῃ tōî thétēi	τοῖν θέταιν toîn thétain	τοῖς θέταις toîs thétais
Accusative	τὸν θέτην tòn thétēn	τὼ θέτᾱ tṑ thétā	τοὺς θέτᾱς toùs thétās
Vocative	θέτᾰ thétă	θέτᾱ thétā	θέται thétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.