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θάλασσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θάλασσα θαλάσσης

Structure: θαλασς (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. sea
  2. the Mediterranean Sea
  3. channel
  4. salt water

Declension

First declension

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

  • ἅρματα Φαραὼ καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ ἔρριψεν εἰσ θάλασσαν, ἐπιλέκτουσ ἀναβάτασ τριστάτασ κατεπόντισεν ἐν ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:4)
  • ὅτι ναῦσ Θαρσὶσ τῷ βασιλεῖ Σαλωμὼν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ μετὰ τῶν νηῶν Χιράμ, μία διὰ τριῶν ἐτῶν ἤρχετο τῷ βασιλεῖ ναῦσ ἐκ θαρσὶσ χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου καὶ λίθων τορευτῶν καὶ πελεκητῶν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 10:20)
  • καὶ ἔπεσε πῦρ παρὰ Κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγε τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ τὰσ σχίδακασ καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ τοὺσ λίθουσ καὶ τὸν χοῦν ἐξέλειξε τὸ πῦρ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 18:37)
  • μνήσθητε πῶσ ἐσώθησαν οἱ πατέρεσ ἡμῶν ἐν θαλάσσῃ ἐρυθρᾷ, ὅτι ἐδίωξεν αὐτοὺσ Φαραὼ ἐν δυνάμει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 4:9)
  • «Καλῶσ γένοιτο Ρωμαίοισ καὶ τῷ ἔθνει Ἰουδαίων ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆσ ξηρᾶσ εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ρομφαία καὶ ἐχθρὸσ μακρυνθείη ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:23)

Synonyms

  1. sea

  2. channel

  3. salt water

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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