θάλαμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, most likely of Pre-Greek origin and perhaps cognate with θόλος (thólos). Kroonen however reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *dʰl̥h₂-em-o/eh₂-, and tentatively compares Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”); compare κάλαμος (kálamos), καλάμη (kalámē) for the formation.

Compare Phrygian θαλαμειδη (thalameidē, “sepulchral chamber”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰá.la.mos/ → /ˈθa.la.mos/ → /ˈθa.la.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰá.la.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰa.la.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/

Noun

θᾰ́λᾰμος • (thắlămos) m (genitive θᾰλᾰ́μου); second declension

1. an inner chamber, room
   1. a bedroom
   2. a bed
   3. a bridechamber

      Synonyms: νῠμφών (nŭmphṓn), νῠμφεῖον (nŭmpheîon), εὐνᾱτήρῐον (eunātḗrĭon)

   4. a storeroom, especially for valuables
2. (religion) a shrine or chapel dedicated to Apis
3. (nautical) the lowest part of the ship

   Synonym: θᾰλᾰ́μη (thălắmē)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ θᾰ́λᾰμος; τοῦ θᾰλᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θᾰ́λᾰμος ho thắlămos	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́μω tṑ thălắmō	οἱ θᾰ́λᾰμοι hoi thắlămoi
Genitive	τοῦ θᾰλᾰ́μου toû thălắmou	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́μοιν toîn thălắmoin	τῶν θᾰλᾰ́μων tôn thălắmōn
Dative	τῷ θᾰλᾰ́μῳ tōî thălắmōi	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́μοιν toîn thălắmoin	τοῖς θᾰλᾰ́μοις toîs thălắmois
Accusative	τὸν θᾰ́λᾰμον tòn thắlămon	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́μω tṑ thălắmō	τοὺς θᾰλᾰ́μους toùs thălắmous
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰμε thắlăme	θᾰλᾰ́μω thălắmō	θᾰ́λᾰμοι thắlămoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of θᾰ́λᾰμος; θᾰλᾰ́μοιο / θᾰλᾰ́μοο / θᾰλᾰ́μου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	θᾰ́λᾰμος thắlămos	θᾰλᾰ́μω thălắmō	θᾰ́λᾰμοι thắlămoi
Genitive	θᾰλᾰ́μοιο / θᾰλᾰ́μοο / θᾰλᾰ́μου thălắmoio / thălắmoo / thălắmou	θᾰλᾰ́μοιν / θᾰλᾰ́μοιῐ̈ν thălắmoi(ĭ̈)n	θᾰλᾰ́μων thălắmōn
Dative	θᾰλᾰ́μῳ thălắmōi	θᾰλᾰ́μοιν / θᾰλᾰ́μοιῐ̈ν thălắmoi(ĭ̈)n	θᾰλᾰ́μοις / θᾰλᾰ́μοισῐ / θᾰλᾰ́μοισῐν thălắmois / thălắmoisĭ(n)
Accusative	θᾰ́λᾰμον thắlămon	θᾰλᾰ́μω thălắmō	θᾰλᾰ́μους thălắmous
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰμε thắlăme	θᾰλᾰ́μω thălắmō	θᾰ́λᾰμοι thắlămoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐος (epĭthălắmĭos)
• θᾰλᾰμηπόλος (thălămēpólos)

Descendants

• Greek: θάλαμος (thálamos)
• → Latin: thalamus
  • Asturian: tálamu
  • ⇒ Asturian: talamera
  • → Catalan: tàlem
  • → English: thalamus
  • → French: thalamus
  • Galician: tambo (obsolete)
  • Italian: talamo
  • Sicilian: tàlamu
  • Spanish: tálamo
• ⇒ Translingual: Thalamoplana

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^[2], 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.
• θάλαμος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/

Noun

θάλαμος • (thálamos) m (plural θάλαμοι)

1. room, chamber
2. hospital ward, barrack room
3. compartment, cabin
4. (anatomy) thalamus (brain)

Declension

Declension of θάλαμος

	singular	plural
nominative	θάλαμος (thálamos)	θάλαμοι (thálamoi)
genitive	θαλάμου (thalámou)	θαλάμων (thalámon)
accusative	θάλαμο (thálamo)	θαλάμους (thalámous)
vocative	θάλαμε (thálame)	θάλαμοι (thálamoi)

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, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language