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θάλαττα

First declension Noun; Feminine 이형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θάλαττα θαλάττης

Structure: θαλαττ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. Alternative form of θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ ‎(thálassa)

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

  • ἐκτεθειῶσθαι νομίζουσι ταῖσ τιμαῖσ ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων καὶ καταλιπεῖν ὄνομα πολλαῖσ μὲν θαλάτταισ, πορθμῶν δὲ τοῖσ μεγίστοισ ἀφ’ αὑτῆσ διὰ τὴν δόξαν, ἀρχὴν δὲ καὶ πηγὴν τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων καὶ βασιλικωτάτων γενῶν παρασχεῖν · (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 11 1:1)
  • "ἀμφίαλον ὢν ζῷον καὶ τοσαύταισ ἐντεθραμμένοσ θαλάτταισ, αἳ τὴν ἱερὰν πέριξ ὑμῶν ἑλίττουσι Νικόπολιν, οὐκ ἀμύνεισ τῷ Ποσειδῶνι; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 8:1)
  • ἔστι δ’ ὥσπερ χερρονήσου μεγάλησ ἰσθμὸσ οὗτοσ, σφιγγόμενοσ θαλάτταισ δυσὶ τῇ τε τοῦ Ἰσσικοῦ κόλπου μέχρι τῆσ τραχείασ Κιλικίασ καὶ τῇ τοῦ Εὐξείνου μεταξὺ Σινώπησ τε καὶ τῆσ τῶν Τιβαρηνῶν παραλίασ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 1 5:1)

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