θάλαμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, possibly of Pre-Greek origin and perhaps cognate with θόλος (thólos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰá.la.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰa.la.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/
Noun
θᾰ́λᾰμος • (thálamos) m (genitive θᾰλᾰ́μου); second declension
- an inner chamber, room
- a bedroom
- a bed
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ θᾰ́λᾰμος; τοῦ θᾰλᾰ́μου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θᾰ́λᾰμος ho thálamos | τὼ θᾰλᾰ́μω tṑ thalámō | οἱ θᾰ́λᾰμοι hoi thálamoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θᾰλᾰ́μου toû thalámou | τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́μοιν toîn thalámoin | τῶν θᾰλᾰ́μων tôn thalámōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θᾰλᾰ́μῳ tôi thalámōi | τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́μοιν toîn thalámoin | τοῖς θᾰλᾰ́μοις toîs thalámois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θᾰ́λᾰμον tòn thálamon | τὼ θᾰλᾰ́μω tṑ thalámō | τοὺς θᾰλᾰ́μους toùs thalámous | ||||||||||
Vocative | θᾰ́λᾰμε thálame | θᾰλᾰ́μω thalámō | θᾰ́λᾰμοι thálamoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios)
Descendants
- Greek: θάλαμος (thálamos)
- → Latin: thalamus
- → Catalan: tàlem
- → English: thalamus
- → French: thalamus
- Galician: tambo (obsolete)
- Italian: talamo
- Spanish: tálamo
Further reading
- “θάλαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θάλαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θάλαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θάλαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θάλαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θάλαμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- θάλαμος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bedroom idem, page 69.
- bridal idem, page 97.
- chamber idem, page 123.
- marriage chamber idem, page 515.
- treasure house idem, page 892.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/
Noun
θάλαμος • (thálamos) m (plural θάλαμοι)
- room, chamber
- hospital ward, barrack room
- compartment, cabin
- (anatomy) thalamus (brain)
Declension
declension of θάλαμος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | θάλαμος • | θάλαμοι • |
genitive | θαλάμου • | θαλάμων • |
accusative | θάλαμο • | θαλάμους • |
vocative | θάλαμε • | θάλαμοι • |
Related terms
- αντιθάλαμος m (antithálamos, “anteroom, antechamber”)
- θαλάμη f (thalámi, “chamber, nest”)
- θαλαμηγός f (thalamigós, “yacht”)
- θαλαμηπόλος (thalamipólos, “steward, room attendant”)
- θαλάμι n (thalámi, “nest”)
- θαλαμίσκος m (thalamískos, “cage, cabin”)
Further reading
- θάλαμος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.