θαμύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Cognate with synonymous θαμινός (thaminós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰa.mýs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰaˈmys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θaˈmys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θaˈmys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θaˈmis/
Adjective
θᾰμύς • (thămús) m (feminine θᾰμεῖᾰ, neuter θᾰμύ); first/third declension
Declension
Attested almost exclusively in the masculine plural.
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | θᾰμῠ́ς thămŭ́s |
θᾰμεῖᾰ thămeîă |
θᾰμῠ́ thămŭ́ |
θᾰμέε thămée |
θᾰμείᾱ thămeíā |
θᾰμέε thămée |
θᾰμέες thămées |
θᾰμειαί thămeiaí |
θᾰμέᾰ thăméă | |||||
| Genitive | θᾰμέος thăméos |
θᾰμείης thămeíēs |
θᾰμέος thăméos |
θᾰμέοιν / θᾰμέοιῐν thăméoi(ĭ)n |
θᾰμείαιν / θᾰμείαιῐν / θᾰμείῃῐν thămeíai(ĭ)n / thămeíēiĭn |
θᾰμέοιν / θᾰμέοιῐν thăméoi(ĭ)n |
θᾰμέων thăméōn |
θᾰμειᾱ́ων / θᾰμειέ͜ων / θᾰμειῶν thămeiā́ōn / thămeié͜ōn / thămeiôn |
θᾰμέων thăméōn | |||||
| Dative | θᾰμεῖ thămeî |
θᾰμείῃ thămeíēi |
θᾰμεῖ thămeî |
θᾰμέοιν / θᾰμέοιῐν thăméoi(ĭ)n |
θᾰμείαιν / θᾰμείαιῐν / θᾰμείῃῐν thămeíai(ĭ)n / thămeíēiĭn |
θᾰμέοιν / θᾰμέοιῐν thăméoi(ĭ)n |
θᾰμέεσσῐ / θᾰμέεσσῐν / θᾰμέεσῐ / θᾰμέεσῐν / θᾰμέσῐ / θᾰμέσῐν thăméessĭ(n) / thăméesĭ(n) / thămésĭ(n) |
θᾰμείῃσῐ / θᾰμείῃσῐν / θᾰμείῃς / θᾰμείαις thămeíēisĭ(n) / thămeíēis / thămeíais |
θᾰμέεσσῐ / θᾰμέεσσῐν / θᾰμέεσῐ / θᾰμέεσῐν / θᾰμέσῐ / θᾰμέσῐν thăméessĭ(n) / thăméesĭ(n) / thămésĭ(n) | |||||
| Accusative | θᾰμῠ́ν thămŭ́n |
θᾰμεῖᾰν thămeîăn |
θᾰμῠ́ thămŭ́ |
θᾰμέε thămée |
θᾰμείᾱ thămeíā |
θᾰμέε thămée |
θᾰμέᾰς thăméăs |
θᾰμειᾱ́ς thămeiā́s |
θᾰμέᾰ thăméă | |||||
| Vocative | θᾰμῠ́ thămŭ́ |
θᾰμεῖᾰ thămeîă |
θᾰμῠ́ thămŭ́ |
θᾰμέε thămée |
θᾰμείᾱ thămeíā |
θᾰμέε thămée |
θᾰμέες thămées |
θᾰμειαί thămeiaí |
θᾰμέᾰ thăméă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| θᾰμέως thăméōs |
θᾰμῠ́τερος thămŭ́teros |
θᾰμῠ́τᾰτος thămŭ́tătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θαμύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θαμύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θαμέες in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- θαμέες, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “θαμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press