Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θαμά

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θαμά

Etym.: a(/ma

Sense

  1. often, oft-times

Examples

  • "ἐγὼ δὲ περιελθὼν τὰ ἀρώματα σκόροδά τε εὑρ͂ον ἐν αὐτοῖσ πεφυκότα καὶ γηπαττάλουσ τινὰσ ἀνορύξασ καὶ τῶν σκανδίκων καὶ βρακάνων λαχανευσάμενοσ, ἔτι δὲ κάχρυσ πριάμενοσ ‐ οὔπω δ’ οἱ λειμῶνεσ ἀνθοσμίαι ἦσαν, ὡσ αὐτοποδητὶ βαδίζειν ‐ ἀνατεθεὶσ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀστράβην ἐδάρην τὸν ὄρρον καὶ νῦν βαδίζω τε ὀδυνηρῶσ καὶ ἰδίω θαμὰ καὶ μαλακιῶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ δέομαι διανεῦσαι ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ἐπὶ πλεῖστον· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 2:11)
  • "καὶ γὰρ τὰ κόρα μοι ἐπιτεθόλωσθον καὶ σκαρδαμύττω θαμὰ καὶ ἀρτίδακρύσ εἰμι καὶ τὰ ὄμματά μοι φαρμακᾷ καὶ δέομαι Ἀσκληπιάδου τινὸσ ὀφθαλμοσόφου, ὃσ ταράξασ καὶ ἐγχέασ μοι φάρμακον ἀπερυθριᾶσαί τε ποιήσει τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ καὶ μηκέτι τι λημαλέουσ εἶναι μηδὲ διερὸν βλέπειν. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 4:4)
  • εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ’ ἔρδοισ, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 40:10)
  • οὐκ ἐτὸσ ἅπαντεσ οἱ δικάζοντεσ θαμὰ σπεύδουσιν ἐν πολλοῖσ γεγράφθαι γράμμασιν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:34)
  • φασὶ γὰρ αὐτὸν οἱ παῖδεσ οἳ ξυνεφοίτων, τὴν Δωριστὶ μόνην ἂν ἁρμόττεσθαι θαμὰ τὴν λύραν, ἄλλην δ’ οὐκ ἐθέλειν μαθεῖν· (Aristotle, Choral, antistrophe2)

Synonyms

  1. often

Related

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

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