θαλάσσιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θᾰλᾰ́ττῐος (thaláttios) — Attic, later

Etymology

θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ (thálassa, “sea”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.lás.si.os/ → /θaˈlas.si.os/ → /θaˈla.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.lás.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰaˈlas.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θaˈlas.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θaˈlas.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θaˈla.si.os/

Adjective

θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος • (thalássios) m (feminine θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ, neuter θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον); first/second declension
θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος • (thalássios) m or f (neuter θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον); second declension

1. of, in, on, or from the sea, marine, maritime
   1. into the sea
   2. sea-going
2. (nautical) skilled in the sea, nautical
3. like the sea

Declension

First and second declension of θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος; θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ; θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος thalássios	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thalassíā	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thalássion		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thalassíā	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐοι thalássioi	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐαι thalássiai	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thalássia
Genitive		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ου thalassíou	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱς thalassíās	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ου thalassíou		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thalassíoin	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́αιν thalassíain	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thalassíoin		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thalassíōn	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thalassíōn	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thalassíōn
Dative		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ῳ thalassíōi	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾳ thalassíāi	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ῳ thalassíōi		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thalassíoin	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́αιν thalassíain	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thalassíoin		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οις thalassíois	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́αις thalassíais	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οις thalassíois
Accusative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thalássion	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱν thalassíān	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thalássion		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thalassíā	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ους thalassíous	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱς thalassíās	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thalássia
Vocative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐε thalássie	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thalassíā	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thalássion		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thalassíā	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐοι thalássioi	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐαι thalássiai	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thalássia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ως thalassíōs				θᾰλᾰσσῐώτερος thalassiṓteros				θᾰλᾰσσῐώτᾰτος thalassiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος; θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος thalássios	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thalássion		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐοι thalássioi	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thalássia
Genitive		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ου thalassíou	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ου thalassíou		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thalassíoin	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thalassíoin		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thalassíōn	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thalassíōn
Dative		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ῳ thalassíōi	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ῳ thalassíōi		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thalassíoin	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thalassíoin		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οις thalassíois	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οις thalassíois
Accusative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thalássion	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thalássion		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ους thalassíous	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thalássia
Vocative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐε thalássie	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thalássion		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thalassíō		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐοι thalássioi	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thalássia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ως thalassíōs			θᾰλᾰσσῐώτερος thalassiṓteros			θᾰλᾰσσῐώτᾰτος thalassiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θαλάσσιος (thalássios)

References

• “θαλάσσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θαλάσσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θαλάσσιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θαλάσσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θαλάσσιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θαλάσσιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• θαλάσσιος 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • marine idem, page 514.
  • nautical idem, page 552.
  • sea idem, page 744.
  • seafaring idem, page 746.
  • watery idem, page 967.

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Greek

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek θαλάσσιος (thalássios, “marine”), θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, “indicating origin”)

Adjective

θαλάσσιος • (thalássios) m (feminine θαλάσσια, neuter θαλάσσιο)

1. relating to: sea, sailing, seaside

   θαλάσσια ανεμώνη ― thalássia anemóni ― sea anemone

2. maritime, marine

   θαλάσσιο περιβάλλον ― thalássio perivállon ― marine environment

Declension

Declension of θαλάσσιος

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	θαλάσσιος •	θαλάσσια •	θαλάσσιο •	θαλάσσιοι •	θαλάσσιες •	θαλάσσια •
genitive	θαλάσσιου •	θαλάσσιας •	θαλάσσιου •	θαλάσσιων •	θαλάσσιων •	θαλάσσιων •
accusative	θαλάσσιο •	θαλάσσια •	θαλάσσιο •	θαλάσσιους •	θαλάσσιες •	θαλάσσια •
vocative	θαλάσσιε •	θαλάσσια •	θαλάσσιο •	θαλάσσιοι •	θαλάσσιες •	θαλάσσια •