θίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Due to the improbability of the other explanations, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῑ́ς • (thī́s) m (genitive θῑνός); third declension

  1. heap (especially of sand)
  2. beach, shore
  3. sandbank, bar at the mouth of the river
  4. sand or mud at the bottom of the sea
  5. shoreweed

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θῑ́ς; τοῦ θῑνός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θῑ́ς
ho thī́s 		τὼ θῖνε
tṑ thîne 		οἱ θῖνες
hoi thînes
Genitive τοῦ θῑνός
toû thīnós 		τοῖν θῑνοῖν
toîn thīnoîn 		τῶν θῑνῶν
tôn thīnôn
Dative τῷ θῑνῐ́
tōî thīnĭ́ 		τοῖν θῑνοῖν
toîn thīnoîn 		τοῖς θῑσῐ́ / θῑσῐ́ν
toîs thīsĭ́(n)
Accusative τὸν θῖνᾰ
tòn thînă 		τὼ θῖνε
tṑ thîne 		τοὺς θῖνᾰς
toùs thînăs
Vocative θῑ́ς
thī́s 		θῖνε
thîne 		θῖνες
thînes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀποθινόομαι (apothinóomai)
  • ἀκροθίνια (akrothínia)

Descendants

  • Greek: θίνα (thína)
  • Tsakonian: σχίνα (schína)

References

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