English Explanatory Dictionary

Tethys

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.
  2. A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
  3. The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
  4. A moon of Saturn.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛθɪs/ /ˈtiːθɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tethys.wav

Word forms

Tethys

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).

Synonyms

Tethys Ocean Tethys Sea Neotethys Neotethys Ocean Neotethys Sea Neo-Tethys Neo-Tethys Ocean Neo-Tethys Sea Tethyan Oceans Tethyan Seas Tethyan Ocean Tethyan Sea

Derived words

Alpine Tethys Eastern Tethys Neotethys Neo-Tethys Paleotethys Paleo-Tethys Palaeotethys Palaeo-Tethys Paratethys Para-Tethys Prototethys Proto-Tethys Tethyan Western Tethys
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary