Theseus

• Thêseus (dated)

From Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús). His name comes from the same root as θεσμός (thesmós), Greek for “institution”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiːsjuːs/, /ˈθiːsi.əs/

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Theseus

2. A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰeː.sɛu̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛː.s̬eu̯s]

Thēseus m sg (genitive Thēseī or Thēseos); second declension

1. Theseus (a legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete)

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θήσειος (Thḗseios), from Θησεύς (Thēseús) + -ιος (-ios).

By surface analysis, Thēseus +‎ -ēus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tʰeːˈseː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [teˈs̬ɛː.us]

Thēsēus (feminine Thēsēa, neuter Thēsēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Thesean

   Synonym: Thēsēius

First/second-declension adjective.

• ⇒ English: Thesean
• ⇒ French: théséen

• Thēsīdēs
• Thēsēis

• “Theseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Theseus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.