Thebe

See also: thebe and Tebe

English

Etymology

From Latin Thēbē, from Ionic Greek Θήβη (Thḗbē), variant of Aeolic Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai, “Thebes”). Doublet of Thebes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiː.bi/

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• Rhymes: -iːbi

Proper noun

Thebe

1. (Greek mythology) One of daughters of Zeus.
2. (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.

Translations

satellite of Jupiter

Chinese: Mandarin: 木衛十四 / 木卫十四 (Mùwèishísì) Greek: Θήβη (el) (Thívi) Ancient Greek: Θήβη (Thḗbē) Japanese: テーベ (ja) (Tēbe) Latin: Thēbē

Anagrams

• Bethe, beeth, bethe

Dutch

Etymology

Via Latin Thēbē ultimately from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.bə/

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• Hyphenation: The‧be

Proper noun

Thebe n

1. Thebes (city in Greece)
2. Thebes (city in Egypt)

Derived terms

• Thebaan

Latin

Alternative forms

• Thēbae

Etymology

From Epic Greek and Ionic Greek Θήβη (Thḗbē), variant of Aeolic Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai) whence the doublet of Thēbae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰeː.beː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛː.be]

Proper noun

Thēbē f sg (genitive Thēbēs); first declension

1. Thebes (a city in Greece)
2. Thebes (a city in Egypt)
3. a female given name, equivalent to English Thebe
4. (Greek mythology) Thebe, a nymph and daughter of Asopus and Metope; alternately the daughter of Zeus and Iodame

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Thēbē
genitive	Thēbēs
dative	Thēbae
accusative	Thēbēn
ablative	Thēbē
vocative	Thēbē
locative	Thēbēs

Descendants

• Old French: Thebes
• → Middle English: Thebe, Thebes
• → English: Thebe, Thebes

Further reading

• “Thebe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Thebe”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1567.
• Thebe in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3102

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Thebes, Tebes, Tebis
• Thebea, Thebi, Thebie, Tebe, Tebea, Tebie, Thebies, Thebei, Thebeies, Tebies

Etymology

From Latin Thēbē, from Ionic Greek Θήβη (Thḗbē), variant of Aeolic Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai).

Proper noun

Thebe

1. Thebes (a city in Greece)
2. Thebes (a city in Egypt)

References

• “Thēbẹ̄̆, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “Thēbẹ̄̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Turkish

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Thebe (uydu)

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Proper noun

Thebe

1. (astronomy) Thebe