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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

  • Γαλαὰδ ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἐσκήνωσε. καὶ Δὰν εἰσ τί παροικεῖ πλοίοισ̣ Ἀσὴρ ἐκάθισε παραλίαν θαλασσῶν καὶ ἐπὶ διεξόδοισ αὐτοῦ σκηνώσει. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:17)
  • καὶ ἐθυμώθη Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ταύτην σφόδρα καὶ ὤμοσε κατὰ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῆσ βασιλείασ αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴν ἐκδικήσειν πάντα τὰ ὅρια τῆσ Κιλικίασ καὶ Δαμασκηνῆσ καὶ Συρίασ, ἀνελεῖν τῇ ρομφαίᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ ἐν γῇ Μωὰβ καὶ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἀμμὼν καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἕωσ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ ὅρια τῶν δύο θαλασσῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 1:12)
  • καὶ ἀπὸ βασιλειῶν ἑτέρων καὶ ἀπὸ νήσων θαλασσῶν ἦλθον πρὸσ αὐτὸν δυνάμεισ μισθωταί. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:29)
  • τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοὺσ ἰχθύασ τῆσ θαλάσσησ, τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβουσ θαλασσῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 8:9)
  • αὐτὸσ ἐπὶ θαλασσῶν ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐπὶ ποταμῶν ἡτοίμασεν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 23:2)

Synonyms

  1. sea

  2. channel

  3. salt water

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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