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θαλάμη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θαλάμη

Structure: θαλαμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a lurking-place, den, hole, cave, grave

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative θαλάμη θαλάμᾱ θαλάμαι
Genitive θαλάμης θαλάμαιν θαλαμῶν
Dative θαλάμῃ θαλάμαιν θαλάμαις
Accusative θαλάμην θαλάμᾱ θαλάμᾱς
Vocative θαλάμη θαλάμᾱ θαλάμαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λοχίοισ δ’ αὐτίκα νιν δέ‐ ξατο θαλάμαισ Κρονίδασ Ζεύσ, κατὰ μηρῷ δὲ καλύψασ χρυσέαισιν συνερείδει περόναισ κρυπτὸν ἀφ’ Ἥρασ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • τάχα δ’ ἐν ταῖσ πολυδένδρεσ‐ σιν Ὀλύμπου θαλάμαισ, ἔν‐ θα ποτ’ Ὀρφεὺσ κιθαρίζων σύναγεν δένδρεα μούσαισ, σύναγεν θῆρασ ἀγρώτασ. (Euripides, choral, epode2)
  • δεῖ τόνδε θαλάμαισ, οὗ δράκων ὁ γηγενὴσ ἐγένετο Δίρκησ ναμάτων ἐπίσκοποσ, σφαγέντα φόνιον αἷμα γῇ δοῦναι χοὰσ Κάδμου, παλαιῶν Ἄρεοσ ἐκ μηνιμάτων, ὃσ γηγενεῖ δράκοντι τιμωρεῖ φόνον. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 2:26)
  • ἱερὸν δὲ Πασιφάασ καὶ μαντεῖον ἦν ἐν Θαλάμαισ τιμώμενον, ἥν τινὲσ μὲν ἱστοροῦσι τῶν Ἀτλαντίδων μίαν οὖσαν ἐκ Διὸσ τὸν Ἄμμωνα τεκεῖν, τινὲσ δὲ Κασάνδραν τὴν Πριάμου τελευτήσασαν ἐνταῦθα καὶ διὰ τὸ πᾶσι φαίνειν τὰ μαντεῖα Πασιφάαν προσαγορευθεῖσαν. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 9 2:1)
  • , λέγεται δ’ ὡσ, ἄν τισ ταῖσ θαλάμαισ αὐτοῦ ἅλασ ὑποσπείρῃ, εὐθέωσ ἐξέρχεται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 102 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. a lurking-place

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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