Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • τὸ νεώριον δ’ αὖ κωπέων πλατουμένων, τύλων ψοφούντων, θαλαμιῶν τροπουμένων, αὐλῶν, κελευστῶν, νιγλάρων, συριγμάτων. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:4)
  • τῃδὶ διεὶσ τὴν χεῖρα διὰ τῆσ θαλαμιᾶσ καὶ τῇδ’. (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode 1:4)

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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