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|Text=[[Θησεύς]], -έως, ὁ, or say, [[son of Aegeus]].

[[descendant of Theseus]]: [[Θησείδης]], -ου, ὁ.

[[Festival of Theseus]]: [[Θησεῖα]], τά.

[[Land of Theseus]]: [[χθὼν Θησῇς]] (-ῇδος), ἡ ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''Eum.'' 1026).

[[Temple of Theseus]]: [[Θησεῖον]], τό.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Thēseus</b>: (dissyl.), -ĕï;, and -ĕos, m., = [[Θησεύς]],><br /><b>I</b> a [[king]] of [[Athens]], [[son]] of Ægeus (acc. to others, of [[Neptune]]) and Æthra; [[husband]] of [[Ariadne]], and [[afterwards]] of Phædra; [[father]] of [[Hippolytus]], by the [[Amazon]] [[Hippolyte]]; [[friend]] of Pirithoüs; [[conqueror]] of the [[highway]]-robbers Periphetes, Sinnis, etc., and of the [[Minotaur]], Ov. M. 7, 433 sq.; id. H. 10, 3; Stat. Th. 12, 576; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; 3, 31, 76; id. Fin. 1, 20, 65; Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 7; Ov. F. 6, 737; Verg. A. 6, 618; Hor. C. 4, 7, 27 al.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Thēsēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Theseus]], Thesean: [[carina]], Prop. 1, 3, 1: [[laus]], Ov. M. 8, 263: [[fides]], id. Tr. 1, 3, 66: [[crimen]], i. e. the [[desertion]] of [[Ariadne]], id. F. 3, 460; id. A. A. 3, 459.—Transf., [[poet]]., for Athenian: via, Prop. 3 (4), 21, 24: [[Hymettus]], Mart. 13, 104, 1: favi, id. 4, 13, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Thē-sēïus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Theseus]]: [[heros]], i. e. [[Hippolytus]], Ov. M. 15, 492: dicta, Stat. Th. 12, 681: [[Troezen]], ruled by the ancestors of [[Theseus]], id. ib. 4, 81.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Thēsīdes, ae, m., the [[offspring]] of [[Theseus]], i. e. [[Hippolytus]], Ov. H. 4, 65; Aus. Epigr. 20. — Transf., [[poet]]., for an Athenian, Verg. G. 2, 383.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Thēsēis, ĭdis, f., the [[title]] of a [[poem]] [[concerning]] [[Theseus]], Juv. 1, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>Thēseūs</b>,¹³ ĕī ou ĕos, m., Thésée [père d’[[Hippolyte]] : Cic. Nat. 3, 45 ; Ov. F. 6, 737.<br />(2) <b>Thēsēus</b>,¹⁰ a, um, de Thésée : Ov. M. 8, 263 &#124;&#124; de l’Attique, Athénien : Prop. 3, 21, 24 ; Mart. 13, 104, 1.
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{{Georges
|georg=Thēseus, eī u. [[eos]], Akk. [[eum]] u. ea, Vok. <u>eu</u>, m. ([[Θησεύς]]), [[König]] in Athen, [[Sohn]] [[des]] Ägeus od. der [[Sage]] [[nach]] [[des]] Neptun, [[Freund]] [[des]] [[Pirithous]], [[Gemahl]] der Ariadne, [[später]] der Phädra, [[Vater]] [[des]] [[Hippolytus]] [[von]] der [[Amazone]] [[Hippolyte]], Besieger der Straßenräuber [[Periphetes]] u. [[Sinis]], Erleger [[des]] [[Minotaurus]] im [[Labyrinth]] [[auf]] Kreta, Cic. Tusc. 4, 50 u.a. Hyg. fab. 14. 38. 42 u.a. Mythogr. Lat. 1, 46 u. 48: Genet. Thesei, Catull. 64, 120. Hyg. fab. 59 u. 79: Genet. Theseos, Ov. [[met]]. 8, 268. Stat. silv. 4, 4, 104; Theb. 12, 293: Akk. Theseum, Hyg. fab. 37. Mythogr. Lat. 1, 48; 1, 57; 1, 204: Akk. Thesea, Catull. 64, 239 u. 245. Verg. Aen. 6, 122. Prop. 2, 14, 7. Ov. [[met]]. 8, 726. Val. Max. 4, 7, 4; 5, 3. ext. 3. Macr. [[sat]]. 1, 17, 21 Vok. Theseu, Catull. 64, 69. Ov. her. 10, 3; [[met]]. 7, 433 u.a. Stat. Theb. 12, 555. – arch. Nbf. Tēsēs, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1591. – Dav.: A) Thēsēis, idis, f. ([[Θησηΐς]]), thesëisch, die Thesëide, [[Titel]] eines Gedichtes [[auf]] [[Theseus]], Iuven. 1, 2. – B) Thēsēius, a, um, thesëisch, [[heros]], Ov.: dicta, Stat. – C) Thēsēus, a, um, a) thesëisch, [[crimen]], Verlassen der Ariadne, Ov.: [[fides]], [[gegen]] [[Pirithous]], Ov. – b) = athenisch, [[Hymettus]], Mart.: [[via]], der [[nach]] Athen führt, Prop. – D) Thēsīdēs, ae, m., [[ein]] Theside (= [[Nachkomme]] [[des]] [[Theseus]]), v. [[Hippolytus]], Ov.: Plur. Thesidae, die Athener, Verg.
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