Definition of Thetis

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Nereid

Definition of Thetis

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) One of the Nereids; the mother of Achilles ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) 17 Thetis, the seventeenth asteroid of the Main Belt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thetis

Thesprotia
Thesprotian
Thesprotians
Thess.
Thessalia
Thessalian
Thessalians
Thessalonian
Thessalonians
Thessalonica
Thessalonican
Thessalonicans
Thessaloniki
Thessaly
Thetidian
Thetis (current term)
Thevetia
Thevetia neriifolia
Thevetia peruviana
Thezac-Porsmeur method
Theætetus
Thiara
Thibet
Thibetan
Thibetans
Thibetian
Thibetians
Thielavia
Thielavia basicola
Thiemann's disease

Literary usage of Thetis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"Or oh! declare, of all the pow'rs above, Is wretched Thetis leaft the care of Jove ? She faid, and fighing thus the God replies,670 Who rolls the thunder ..."

2. The Autobiography of a Seaman by Thomas Cochrane Dundonald, George Butler Earp, William Jackson (1860)
"VOYAGE IN THE Thetis. ICEBERGS. 1 AM MADE ACTING LIEUTENANT. ... RETURN OF THE Thetis TO ENGLAND. As soon as the Thetis had obtained her complement, ..."

3. A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography. by William Smith (1889)
"When Hephaestus (Vulcan) was thrown down from heaven, he was likewise received by Thetis. She had been brought up by Hera (Juno), and when she reached the ..."

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