Talk:Θῖνα

Absence of accent

@Angr, Erutuon, Baytonesis, I find this form [the page was originally titled Θιν] very unlikely, especially given the absence of accentuation and LlywelynII's past additions to classical languages. Thoughts? —JohnC5 05:31, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

@JohnC5: The original text is at s:el:Περίπλους της Ερυθράς Θαλάσσης#p64 and 65. The nominative of this name isn't attested; all we have is the genitive Θινός and the accusative Θῖνα, as well as Θῖναι which is a different (though related) name. In his translation, Wilfred Harvey Schoff gives the English name as "This", so I guess he deduces the nominative Θῖς, but I don't see any reason it couldn't be Θῖν. The circumflex in the accusative leads me to believe the nominative would have to have a circumflex as well, regardless of the final consonant. We could move the entry to Θῖνα, I suppose, since it's the attested form, and leave a usage note saying the nominative is unknown but could theoretically have been Θῖς or Θῖν. (Pinging @Barytonesis as well since his name was misspelled in your original ping.) —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 09:42, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

@Angr: Thanks for the research and for noticing my typo. The choice between Θῖς or Θῖν as nominative does not seem solvable. I'd just make an accusative only entry, maybe? —JohnC5 09:52, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

@JohnC5: I've moved it now. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 10:23, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

@JohnC5: As for the accentuation of the nominative, there is an unrelated common noun θῑ́ς (thī́s, “dune, sandbank”) with accusative θῖνα (thîna) and genitive θῑνός (thīnós), so I guess the nominative could have had acute accentuation after all. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 10:28, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Got it. It looks good to me now. --Barytonesis (talk) 10:36, 29 September 2017 (UTC)