Θεσπιάς (Thespias)

Θεσπιάς is an Ancient Greek form of Θεσπιαί, meaning “Thespiae — a city in Boeotia”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

It can also be a form of Θεσπιός, “Thespios — a son of Erectheus, who, according to some, founded the town of Thespiae in Boeotia”.

It can also be a form of Θφσπιός, “Thphspios — a name (person, place or people)”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of Θέσπια, “Thespia — Thespiai (settlement, archaeological-site)”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun or adjective.

Found 32 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.96.3: … μον τῶν Βοιωτῶν καὶ μέχρι μέσου ἡσσᾶτο ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων, καὶ ἐπίεσαν τούς τε ἄλλους ταύτῃ καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα τοὺς Θεσπιᾶς. ὑποχωρησάντων γὰρ αὐτοῖς τῶν παρατεταγμένων, καὶ κυκλωθέντων ἐν ὀλίγῳ, οἵπερ διεφθάρησαν Θεσπιῶν, ἐν χερσὶν …

Plutarch, Pelopidas 14.2: … λεμικοῖς καὶ λαμπρός, ὑπόκουφος δὲ τήν γνώμην καὶ κενῶν ἐλπίδων καὶ φιλοτιμίας ἀνοήτου μεστός, ἀπελείφθη περὶ Θεσπιὰς μετὰ δυνάμεως τοὺς ἀφισταμένους τῶν Θηβαίων δέχεσθαι καὶ βοηθεῖν. πρὸς τοῦτον ὑποπέμπουσιν οἱ περὶ τὸν Πελοπί …

Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.32.5: ἀπὸ δὲ Θεσπίας ἰόντι ἄνω πρὸς ἤπειρον ἔστιν Ἁλίαρτος. ὅστις δὲ Ἁλιάρτου γέγονε καὶ Κορωνείας οἰκιστής, οὔ με ἀπὸ τῶν ἐς Ὀρχο …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.