Tethys en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtiːθɪs/ (UK)
- /ˈtɛθɪs/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús)bor. Latin Tēthȳsbor. English Tethys Borrowed from Latin Tēthȳs, borrowed from Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).
Meanings
- (Greek) 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.
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A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
Much of the Tethys was shallow and warm during the Mesozoic, and full of life, a marine paradise of sorts: ammonites and sharks thrived, and are now preserved as fossils that date the rocks.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 106:
- A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa. ▸ The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
- A moon of Saturn.
Deriveds
Paleotethys · Eastern Tethys · Proto-Tethys · Western Tethys · Alpine Tethys · Tethyan · Palaeotethys · Neo-Tethys · Paleo-Tethys · Prototethys · Palaeo-Tethys · Para-Tethys · Neotethys · Paratethys
Translations (35)
es Tetis (mythology) · pt Tétis (moon of Saturn) · fi Tethys (mythology) · ru Тефи́да (mythology) · it Teti (moon of Saturn) · cmn 土衛三 /土卫三 (moon of Saturn) · ru Те́фия (moon of Saturn) · el Τηθύς (mythology) · ga Téitis (mythology) · uk Те́тія (mythology) · mk Тетија (mythology) · fr Téthys (moon of Saturn) · hy Տեթիս (mythology) · ja テーテュース (mythology) · scn Teti (mythology) · ga Téiteas (moon of Saturn) · ca Tetis (mythology) · hu Téthüsz (mythology) · ko 테티스 (mythology) · fi Tethys (moon of Saturn) · eo Tetiso (mythology) · ca Tetis (moon of Saturn) · it Teti (mythology) · scn Titi (mythology) · ru Тефи́да (moon of Saturn) · ko 테튀스 (mythology) · pt Tétis (mythology) · eu Tetis (mythology) · es Tetis (moon of Saturn) · fr Téthys (mythology) · ka ტეთისი (mythology) · ru Те́фия (mythology) · ru Те́тис (moon of Saturn) · grc Τηθύς (mythology) · de Thetys (moon of Saturn)