θωή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θωᾱ́ (thōā́) — Attic
• θωϊή (thōïḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put”), the same root of τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place, set”), as "the settled penalty". This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /θoˈi/ → /θoˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɔː.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰoˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θoˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θoˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θoˈi/

Noun

θωή • (thōḗ) f (genitive θωῆς); first declension

1. fine, penalty

   Synonyms: ζημῐ́ᾱ (zēmíā), ποινή (poinḗ)

Declension

First declension of ἡ θωή; τῆς θωῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θωή hē thōḗ	τὼ θωᾱ́ tṑ thōā́	αἱ θωαί hai thōaí
Genitive	τῆς θωῆς tês thōês	τοῖν θωαῖν toîn thōaîn	τῶν θωῶν tôn thōôn
Dative	τῇ θωῇ têi thōêi	τοῖν θωαῖν toîn thōaîn	ταῖς θωαῖς taîs thōaîs
Accusative	τὴν θωήν tḕn thōḗn	τὼ θωᾱ́ tṑ thōā́	τᾱ̀ς θωᾱ́ς tā̀s thōā́s
Vocative	θωή thōḗ	θωᾱ́ thōā́	θωαί thōaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀθῷος (athôios)
• θωᾰ́ζω (thōázō)

 

Further reading

• “θωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θωή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN