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θάμβος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: θάμβος θάμβεος

Structure: θαμβο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from Root TAF, v. te/qhpa

Sense

  1. amazement

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative θάμβος θάμβει θάμβη
Genitive θάμβους θάμβοιν θαμβέων
Dative θάμβει θάμβοιν θάμβεσιν*
Accusative θάμβος θάμβει θάμβη
Vocative θάμβος θάμβει θάμβη

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

  • καὶ ἔλαβε Δαυὶδ τὸ δόρυ καὶ τὸν φακὸν τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἀπὸ προσκεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπῆλθον καθ̓ ἑαυτούσ. καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βλέπων καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ γινώσκων καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἐξεγειρόμενοσ, πάντεσ ὑπνοῦντεσ, ὅτι θάμβοσ Κυρίου ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ̓ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 26:12)
  • Καλὴ εἶ, ἡ πλησίον μου, ὡσ εὐδοκία, ὡραία ὡσ Ἱερουσαλήμ, θάμβοσ ὡσ τεταγμέναι. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 6:4)
  • τίσ αὕτη ἡ ἐκκύπτουσα ὡσεὶ ὄρθροσ, καλὴ ὡσ σελήνη, ἐκλεκτὴ ὡσ ὁ ἥλιοσ, θάμβοσ ὡσ τεταγμέναι̣ (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 6:10)
  • καὶ περιζώσονται σάκκουσ, καὶ καλύψει αὐτοὺσ θάμβοσ, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν πρόσωπον αἰσχύνη ἐπ̓ αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν κεφαλὴν φαλάκρωμα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 7:18)
  • εἷλε δὲ θάμβοσ ἄνακτασ· (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, antistrophe4)

Synonyms

  1. amazement

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