Ταβιτί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Scythian, itself from Indo-Iranian *tapatī́ (“the Burning one”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be hot, burn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.bi.tí/ → /ta.βiˈti/ → /ta.viˈti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.bi.tí/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.biˈti/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.βiˈti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.viˈti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.viˈti/

Proper noun

Τᾰβῐτί • (Tabití) f (indeclinable)

1. Tabiti, a Scythian goddess corresponding to Hestia

Further reading

• Ταβιτί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette