Tethys

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈtɛθɪs/

Origin

From Ancient Greek Τηθύς.

Full definition of Tethys

Proper noun

1. (Greek god) 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.
2. (geology) A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
• 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 106: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.
3. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Derived terms

• Tethyan

Anagrams

• tythes