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θαλαμιός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θαλαμιός θαλαμιή θαλαμιόν

Structure: θαλαμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or belonging to the
  2. the oar of the
  3. the hole in the ship's side, through which this oar worked, hole

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ τούσ τε ἐν τοῖσ πύργοισ ἀπεσείσατο καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ἀθρόωσ ἐδέχετο, καὶ τῶν ἐρετῶν οἱ μὲν θαλαμίαι πάντεσ ἀπελήφθησαν, οἱ δ’ ἕτεροι τὸ κατάστρωμα ἀναρρήξαντεσ ἐξενήχοντο. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 11 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. the oar of the

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

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