Θρᾷσσα

Θρᾷσσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Θρᾷττᾰ (Thrâitta) – Attic
• Θρῇσσᾰ (Thrêissa) – Tragic
• Θρήϊσσᾰ (Thrḗïssa), Θρᾰ́ϊσσᾰ (Thráïssa)
• Θρέϊσσᾰ (Thréïssa) – Ionic

Etymology

Feminine form of Θρᾷξ (Thrâix, “Thracian”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrâːi̯s.sa/ → /ˈθras.sa/ → /ˈθra.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrâːi̯s.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰras.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθras.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθras.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθra.sa/

Noun

Θρᾷσσᾰ • (Thrâissa) f (genitive Θρᾴσσης); first declension

1. female inhabitant of Thrace; Thracian woman
   • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 174a:

     Θρᾷττά τις ἐμμελὴς καὶ χαρίεσσα θεραπαινὶς ἀποσκῶψαι

     Thrâittá tis emmelḕs kaì kharíessa therapainìs aposkôpsai

     and a neat, witty Thracian servant-girl jeered at him

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Θρᾷσσᾰ; τῆς Θρᾴσσης (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Θρᾷσσᾰ hē Thrâissa	τὼ Θρᾴσσᾱ tṑ Thrā́issā	αἱ Θρᾷσσαι hai Thrâissai
Genitive	τῆς Θρᾴσσης tês Thrā́issēs	τοῖν Θρᾴσσαιν toîn Thrā́issain	τῶν Θρᾳσσῶν tôn Thrāissôn
Dative	τῇ Θρᾴσσῃ têi Thrā́issēi	τοῖν Θρᾴσσαιν toîn Thrā́issain	ταῖς Θρᾴσσαις taîs Thrā́issais
Accusative	τὴν Θρᾷσσᾰν tḕn Thrâissan	τὼ Θρᾴσσᾱ tṑ Thrā́issā	τᾱ̀ς Θρᾴσσᾱς tā̀s Thrā́issās
Vocative	Θρᾷσσᾰ Thrâissa	Θρᾴσσᾱ Thrā́issā	Θρᾷσσαι Thrâissai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• Θρᾴκη (Thrā́ikē)
• Θρᾴκιος (Thrā́ikios)
• Θρῇξ (Thrêix)
• Θρῄκη (Thrḗikē)
• Θρῄκιος (Thrḗikios)
• Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrā́ikē)
• Σαμόθρᾳξ (Samóthrāix)

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,027, 1,028