Θρᾷσσα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Θρᾷττᾰ (Thrāîttă) — Attic
- Θρῇσσᾰ (Thrēîssă) — Tragic
- Θρήϊσσᾰ (Thrḗïssă), Θρᾰ́ϊσσᾰ (Thrắïssă)
- Θρέϊσσᾰ (Thréïssă) — Ionic
Etymology
Feminine form of Θρᾷξ (Thrāîx, “Thracian”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰrâːi̯s.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰras.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθras.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθras.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθra.sa/
Noun
Θρᾷσσᾰ • (Thrāîssă) f (genitive Θρᾴσσης); first declension
- female inhabitant of Thrace; Thracian woman
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 174a:
- Θρᾷττά τις ἐμμελὴς καὶ χαρίεσσα θεραπαινὶς ἀποσκῶψαι
- Thrāîttá tis emmelḕs kaì kharíessa therapainìs aposkôpsai
- and a neat, witty Thracian servant-girl jeered at him
- Θρᾷττά τις ἐμμελὴς καὶ χαρίεσσα θεραπαινὶς ἀποσκῶψαι
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Θρᾷσσᾰ hē Thrāîssă |
τὼ Θρᾴσσᾱ tṑ Thrāíssā |
αἱ Θρᾷσσαι hai Thrāîssai |
| Genitive | τῆς Θρᾴσσης tês Thrāíssēs |
τοῖν Θρᾴσσαιν toîn Thrāíssain |
τῶν Θρᾳσσῶν tôn Thrāissôn |
| Dative | τῇ Θρᾴσσῃ tēî Thrāíssēi |
τοῖν Θρᾴσσαιν toîn Thrāíssain |
ταῖς Θρᾴσσαις taîs Thrāíssais |
| Accusative | τὴν Θρᾷσσᾰν tḕn Thrāîssăn |
τὼ Θρᾴσσᾱ tṑ Thrāíssā |
τᾱ̀ς Θρᾴσσᾱς tā̀s Thrāíssās |
| Vocative | Θρᾷσσᾰ Thrāîssă |
Θρᾴσσᾱ Thrāíssā |
Θρᾷσσαι Thrāîssai |
Related terms
Descendants
- Greek: Θράσσα (Thrássa)
- Latin: Thrēissa, Thrēssa
References
- “Θρᾷσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Θρᾷσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,027, 1,028