Τηθίς

auntie

Translated by Amanda Aponte30 Sep 2009Vetting: high5 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] aunt. The sister of [someone's] father or mother.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τηθίς· θεία. πατρὸς καὶ ἡ μητρὸς ἀδελφή.

Betacode

*thqi/s: qei/a. patro\s kai\ h( mhtro\s a)delfh/.

Notes

Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius tau238 Theodoridis.
cf. tau 472 (and tau 577).

Linked from2 entries

τ472Τήθηgrandmother[Meaning] mammy. The mother of [someone's] father or mother. The vocative [is] th/qa. But thqi\s [is] aunt. Aristophanes [writes]: "o the manliest of grandmothers [thqw=n], and of fruitful nettles [mhtridi/wn…
τ577Τιθίςaunt[genitive] tiqi/dos. Also [sc. attested is the (unrelated) verb] tiqw=; [used] with an accusative.

Neighbouring entries

τ471Τηθέλαςgranny's-boys τ472Τήθηgrandmother τ473Τηθίςauntie τ474ΤηθύςTethys τ475ΤηθύςTethys

Revision history5 revisions · last 12 Jan 2014

12 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
26 Aug 2010another x-ref — David Whitehead
1 Oct 2009augmented note; tweaks — David Whitehead
30 Sep 2009added cross-reference and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
30 Sep 2009Translated — Amanda Aponte