Ταβιτί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Scythian, itself from Indo-Iranian *tapatī́ (“the Burning one”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be hot, burn”).[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.bi.tí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.biˈti/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.βiˈti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.viˈti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.viˈti/

Proper noun

Τᾰβῐτί • (Tabití) f (indeclinable)

Tabiti, a Scythian goddess corresponding to Hestia

References

West, M. L. Indo-European Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 267.

Further reading

Ταβιτί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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