Tethys

From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛθɪs/, /ˈtiːθɪs/

Tethys

1. (Greek mythology) 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, published 2011, page 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.

   1. The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
3. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

(ocean during the Mesozoic):

• Tethys Ocean / Tethys Sea
• Neotethys / Neotethys Ocean / Neotethys Sea
• Neo-Tethys / Neo-Tethys Ocean / Neo-Tethys Sea

(Paleogeographic ocean between the African continental core and the Asian continental core):

• (the iterative ocean basin) Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea
• (collectively, all iterations) Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas

(ocean during the Mesozoic):

• (the iterative ocean basin) Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea
• (collectively, all iterations) Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas

(Paleogeographic ocean between the African continental core and the Asian continental core):

• (Mesozoic) Neotethys / Neotethys Ocean / Neotethys Sea / Neo-Tethys / Neo-Tethys Ocean / Neo-Tethys Sea
• (Paleozoic) Paleotethys / Paleotethys Ocean / Paleotethys Sea / Paleo-Tethys / Paleo-Tethys Ocean / Paleo-Tethys Sea / Palaeotethys / Palaeotethys Ocean / Palaeotethys Sea / Palaeo-Tethys / Palaeo-Tethys Ocean / Palaeo-Tethys Sea
• (Neoproterozoic) Prototethys / Prototethys Ocean / Prototethys Sea / Proto-Tethys / Proto-Tethys Ocean / Proto-Tethys Sea

(ocean during the Mesozoic):

• Paratethys / Paratethys Ocean / Paratethys Sea / Para-Tethys / Para-Tethys Ocean / Para-Tethys Sea
• Alpine Tethys / Alpine Tethys Ocean / Alpine Tethys Sea
• Western Tethys / Western Tethys Ocean / Western Tethys Sea
• Western Neotethys / Western Neotethys Ocean / Western Neotethys Sea
• Western Neo-Tethys / Western Neo-Tethys Ocean / Western Neo-Tethys Sea
• Eastern Tethys / Eastern Tethys Ocean / Eastern Tethys Sea
• Eastern Neotethys / Eastern Neotethys Ocean / Eastern Neotethys Sea
• Eastern Neo-Tethys / Eastern Neo-Tethys Ocean / Eastern Neo-Tethys Sea

• Shetty, stythe, tythes

Borrowed from English Tethys, from Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).

Tethys m

1. (Greek mythology) Tethys (a titan)
2. (astronomy) Tethys (a moon of Saturn)