θαμά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θάμ’ (thám’) — apocopic

Etymology

Possibly related to θάμνος (thámnos, “thick copse”) and θαμινός (thaminós, “crowded”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.má/ → /θaˈma/ → /θaˈma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.má/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰaˈma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θaˈma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θaˈma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θaˈma/

Adverb

θᾰμά • (thamá)

1. often

Further reading

• “θαμά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θαμά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θαμά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θαμά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θαμά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • continually idem, page 168.
  • frequently idem, page 344.
  • many idem, page 513.
  • perpetually idem, page 607.
  • repeatedly idem, page 696.