Thisbe

English

Proper noun

Thisbe

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of a pair of ill-fated lovers, whose story forms part of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
2. (astronomy) 88 Thisbe, a main belt asteroid; named for Thisbe, heroine of said Roman tale.

Translations

Asteroid

• French: Thisbé

Anagrams

• beshit

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θίσβη (Thísbē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰis.beː/, [ˈt̪ʰɪs̠beː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtis.be/, [ˈt̪izbe]

Proper noun

Thisbē f sg (genitive Thisbēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) A maiden beloved by Pyramus
2. A coastal town of Boeotia situated near Mount Helicon

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Thisbē
Genitive	Thisbēs
Dative	Thisbae
Accusative	Thisbēn
Ablative	Thisbē
Vocative	Thisbē
Locative	Thisbae

References

• “Thisbe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Thisbe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Thisbe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly