Thoth

== English == === Etymology === Via Latin Thōth from Ancient Greek Θώθ (Thṓth), from Egyptian ḏḥwtj (“Thoth”, literally “he who is like the ibis”). Compare Coptic Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ (Thōout). === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: θōθʹ, IPA(key): /ˈθəʊθ/ (General American) enPR: θōθʹ, IPA(key): /ˈθoʊθ/ Rhymes: -əʊθ === Proper noun === Thoth (Egyptian mythology) The ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon. The first month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Thoth has been in roughly September. ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θώθ (Thṓth, “Thoth”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʰoːtʰ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔt] === Proper noun === Thōth m (indeclinable) Thoth ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable noun, singular only. === References === “Thoth”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Thoth”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Thoth in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung