θαλασσαίγλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”) +‎ αἴγλη (aíglē, “light, radiance”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.las.sǎi̯.ɡlɛː/ → /θa.lasˈsɛ.ɣli/ → /θa.laˈse.ɣli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.las.sǎi̯.ɡlɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰa.lasˈsɛ.ɡle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θa.lasˈsɛ.ɣli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θa.lasˈse.ɣli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θa.laˈse.ɣli/

Noun

θᾰλᾰσσαίγλη • (thalassaíglē) f (genitive θᾰλᾰσσαίγλης); first declension

1. cannabis, bhang (Cannabis sativa)

   Synonym: κᾰ́ννᾰβῐς (kánnabis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θᾰλᾰσσαίγλη; τῆς θᾰλᾰσσαίγλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰλᾰσσαίγλη hē thalassaíglē	τὼ θᾰλᾰσσαίγλᾱ tṑ thalassaíglā	αἱ θᾰλᾰσσαῖγλαι hai thalassaîglai
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰσσαίγλης tês thalassaíglēs	τοῖν θᾰλᾰσσαίγλαιν toîn thalassaíglain	τῶν θᾰλᾰσσαιγλῶν tôn thalassaiglôn
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰσσαίγλῃ têi thalassaíglēi	τοῖν θᾰλᾰσσαίγλαιν toîn thalassaíglain	ταῖς θᾰλᾰσσαίγλαις taîs thalassaíglais
Accusative	τὴν θᾰλᾰσσαίγλην tḕn thalassaíglēn	τὼ θᾰλᾰσσαίγλᾱ tṑ thalassaíglā	τᾱ̀ς θᾰλᾰσσαίγλᾱς tā̀s thalassaíglās
Vocative	θᾰλᾰσσαίγλη thalassaíglē	θᾰλᾰσσαίγλᾱ thalassaíglā	θᾰλᾰσσαῖγλαι thalassaîglai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θαλασσαίγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θαλασσαίγλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette