Save Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Θόας(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /tʰó.aːs/(Attic Greek) /ˈθo.as/(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) /ˈθoʊ.əs/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from Greek θοός (thoos) meaning "quick, swift". This name was borne by roughly ten characters in Greek mythology, one of them being one of the suitors of Odysseus' wife Penelope.