[ad. L. Thēbaic-us, ad. Gr. Θηβαἵκός, f. Θῆβαι, Θήβη Thebes.] Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Thebes on the Nile, formerly a center of Egyptian civilization; spec. noting the Sahidic version of the Bible.
Thebaic marble, stone, the syenite of Thebes and Upper Egypt, famed in ancient times as material for columns, pillars, vases, etc.
1687. A. Lovell, trans. Thevenot’s Trav., I. 123. The Vault [in old wall towers of Alexandria] is supported by great Pillars of Thebaick Stone.
1773. Gentl. Mag., Aug., 399/1. Thebaic stone, from waste ev’n yet secure, With hieroglyphic learn’d inwrought.
1830. Tattam, Egypt. Gram., Pref. 7. The terms Coptic and Sahidic have been adopted in this work, instead of Memphitic and Thebaic.
1839. Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., II. 453/1. It seems to be the Syenite of the ancients, or perhaps … their Thebaic marble.
1884. H. M. Scott, in Chicago Advance, 31 Jan. Two, perhaps three, translations of the Scriptures, the Memphitic, for the Lower Egyptian Churches, and the Thebaic, for those of Upper Egypt.
