θαμύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate with synonymous θαμινός (thaminós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.mýs/ → /θaˈmys/ → /θaˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.mýs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰaˈmys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θaˈmys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θaˈmys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θaˈmis/

Adjective

θᾰμύς • (thamús) m (feminine θᾰμεῖᾰ, neuter θᾰμύ); first/third declension

1. crowded, close-set, thick

Declension

Attested almost exclusively in the masculine plural.

First and third declension of θᾰμῠ́ς; θᾰμεῖᾰ; θᾰμῠ́ (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰμῠ́ς thamús	θᾰμεῖᾰ thameîa	θᾰμῠ́ thamú		θᾰμέε thamée	θᾰμείᾱ thameíā	θᾰμέε thamée		θᾰμέες thamées	θᾰμειαί thameiaí	θᾰμέᾰ thaméa
Genitive		θᾰμέος thaméos	θᾰμείης thameíēs	θᾰμέος thaméos		θᾰμέοιῐν thaméoiin	θᾰμείαιν / θᾰμείαιῐν / θᾰμείῃῐν thameíai(i)n / thameíēiin	θᾰμέοιῐν thaméoiin		θᾰμέων thaméōn	θᾰμειᾱ́ων / θᾰμειέ͜ων / θᾰμειῶν thameiā́ōn / thameié͜ōn / thameiôn	θᾰμέων thaméōn
Dative		θᾰμεῖ thameî	θᾰμείῃ thameíēi	θᾰμεῖ thameî		θᾰμέοιῐν thaméoiin	θᾰμείαιν / θᾰμείαιῐν / θᾰμείῃῐν thameíai(i)n / thameíēiin	θᾰμέοιῐν thaméoiin		θᾰμέεσσῐ / θᾰμέεσσῐν / θᾰμέεσῐ / θᾰμέεσῐν / θᾰμέσῐ / θᾰμέσῐν thaméessi(n) / thaméesi(n) / thamési(n)	θᾰμείῃσῐ / θᾰμείῃσῐν / θᾰμείῃς / θᾰμείαις thameíēisi(n) / thameíēis / thameíais	θᾰμέεσσῐ / θᾰμέεσσῐν / θᾰμέεσῐ / θᾰμέεσῐν / θᾰμέσῐ / θᾰμέσῐν thaméessi(n) / thaméesi(n) / thamési(n)
Accusative		θᾰμῠ́ν thamún	θᾰμεῖᾰν thameîan	θᾰμῠ́ thamú		θᾰμέε thamée	θᾰμείᾱ thameíā	θᾰμέε thamée		θᾰμέᾰς thaméas	θᾰμειᾱ́ς thameiā́s	θᾰμέᾰ thaméa
Vocative		θᾰμῠ́ thamú	θᾰμεῖᾰ thameîa	θᾰμῠ́ thamú		θᾰμέε thamée	θᾰμείᾱ thameíā	θᾰμέε thamée		θᾰμέες thamées	θᾰμειαί thameiaí	θᾰμέᾰ thaméa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θᾰμέως thaméōs				θᾰμῠ́τερος thamúteros				θᾰμῠ́τᾰτος thamútatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “θαμύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θαμύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θαμέες in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θαμέες”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “θαμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press