"τήθυον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τήθυον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɛ̌ː.tʰy.on/, /ˈti.θy.on/, /ˈti.θi.on/, /tɛ̌ː.tʰy.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈte̝.tʰy.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈti.θy.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈti.θy.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈti.θi.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Kalén assumes earlier *θή-θυον (*thḗ-thuon) and connects the word with θῆσθαι (thêsthai) (which is from the root of θάω (tháō, “to suck”)) and with θύλακος (thúlakos, “sack”). This explanation is nonsensical and typical of older Greek etymologies. According to Beekes, it is more probably a Pre-Greek word, given the variation υ/ε. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|τήθῠον|τηθῠ́ου|n|second}} τήθῠον • (tḗthŭon) n (genitive τηθῠ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τήθῠον|ου}} Forms: τήθῠον [canonical], tḗthŭon [romanization], τηθῠ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ τήθῠον [nominative, singular], τὼ τηθῠ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ τήθῠᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ τηθῠ́ου [genitive, singular], τοῖν τηθῠ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν τηθῠ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ τηθῠ́ῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν τηθῠ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς τηθῠ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ τήθῠον [accusative, singular], τὼ τηθῠ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ τήθῠᾰ [accusative, plural], τήθῠον [singular, vocative], τηθῠ́ω [dual, vocative], τήθῠᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. sea squirt (tunicate of the class Ascidiacea) Categories (lifeform): Chordates Synonyms: τήθεον (tḗtheon)
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