θαμβός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
See θάμβος (thámbos).
Pronunciation
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θamˈbos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θamˈbos/
Adjective
θαμβός • (thambós) m (feminine θᾰμβή, neuter θᾰμβόν); first/second declension
- (hapax legomenon) astonished
- 1115 – 1195, Eustathius Thessalonicensis, Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem et Odysseam 906.53:
- καὶ θάμβος μὲν ἡ ἔκπληξις, θαμβός δὲ κατὰ ὀξεῖαν τάσιν ὁ ἐκπλαγείς
- kaì thámbos mèn hē ékplēxis, thambós dè katà oxeîan tásin ho ekplageís
- Similarly, "θάμβος" means 'astonishment', while "θαμβός" (in accordance with its oxytone accent) means 'astonished'.
- καὶ θάμβος μὲν ἡ ἔκπληξις, θαμβός δὲ κατὰ ὀξεῖαν τάσιν ὁ ἐκπλαγείς
Usage notes
- Only occurs in a list of examples invoked by Eustathius in his commentary on Iliad 12.310, to explain the retracted accent of the name Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos) as compared to the adjective γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-gray”).
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | θᾰμβός thămbós |
θᾰμβή thămbḗ |
θᾰμβόν thămbón |
θᾰμβώ thămbṓ |
θᾰμβᾱ́ thămbā́ |
θᾰμβώ thămbṓ |
θᾰμβοί thămboí |
θᾰμβαί thămbaí |
θᾰμβᾰ́ thămbắ | |||||
| Genitive | θᾰμβοῦ thămboû |
θᾰμβῆς thămbês |
θᾰμβοῦ thămboû |
θᾰμβοῖν thămboîn |
θᾰμβαῖν thămbaîn |
θᾰμβοῖν thămboîn |
θᾰμβῶν thămbôn |
θᾰμβῶν thămbôn |
θᾰμβῶν thămbôn | |||||
| Dative | θᾰμβῷ thămbōî |
θᾰμβῇ thămbēî |
θᾰμβῷ thămbōî |
θᾰμβοῖν thămboîn |
θᾰμβαῖν thămbaîn |
θᾰμβοῖν thămboîn |
θᾰμβοῖς thămboîs |
θᾰμβαῖς thămbaîs |
θᾰμβοῖς thămboîs | |||||
| Accusative | θᾰμβόν thămbón |
θᾰμβήν thămbḗn |
θᾰμβόν thămbón |
θᾰμβώ thămbṓ |
θᾰμβᾱ́ thămbā́ |
θᾰμβώ thămbṓ |
θᾰμβούς thămboús |
θᾰμβᾱ́ς thămbā́s |
θᾰμβᾰ́ thămbắ | |||||
| Vocative | θᾰμβέ thămbé |
θᾰμβή thămbḗ |
θᾰμβόν thămbón |
θᾰμβώ thămbṓ |
θᾰμβᾱ́ thămbā́ |
θᾰμβώ thămbṓ |
θᾰμβοί thămboí |
θᾰμβαί thămbaí |
θᾰμβᾰ́ thămbắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| θᾰμβῶς thămbôs |
θᾰμβότερος thămbóteros |
θᾰμβότᾰτος thămbótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θαμβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “θαμβός”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- θαμβός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011