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θαλασσαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θαλασσαῖος θαλασσαῖη θαλασσαῖον

Structure: θαλασσαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = qala/ssios, Pind.

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative θαλασσαῖος θαλασσαίᾱ θαλασσαῖον
Genitive θαλασσαίου θαλασσαίᾱς θαλασσαίου
Dative θαλασσαίῳ θαλασσαίᾱͅ θαλασσαίῳ
Accusative θαλασσαῖον θαλασσαίᾱν θαλασσαῖον
Vocative θαλασσαῖε θαλασσαίᾱ θαλασσαῖον
DualN/A/V θαλασσαίω θαλασσαίᾱ θαλασσαίω
G/D θαλασσαίοιν θαλασσαίαιν θαλασσαίοιν
PluralNominative θαλασσαῖοι θαλασσαῖαι θαλασσαῖα
Genitive θαλασσαίων θαλασσαιῶν θαλασσαίων
Dative θαλασσαίοις θαλασσαίαις θαλασσαίοις
Accusative θαλασσαίους θαλασσαίᾱς θαλασσαῖα
Vocative θαλασσαῖοι θαλασσαῖαι θαλασσαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective θαλασσαῖος θαλασσαίου θαλασσαιώτερος θαλασσαιωτέρου θαλασσαιώτατος θαλασσαιωτάτου
Adverb θαλασσαίως θαλασσαιώτερον θαλασσαιώτατα

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

  • θεὸσ ἅπαν ἐπὶ ἐλπίδεσσι τέκμαρ ἀνύεται, θεόσ, ὃ καὶ πτερόεντ’ αἰετὸν κίχε, καὶ θαλασσαῖον παραμείβεται δελφῖνα, καὶ ὑψιφρόνων τιν’ ἔκαμψε βροτῶν, ἑτέροισι δὲ κῦδοσ ἀγήραον παρέδωκ’. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 2 16:1)
  • πλωτὰ δὲ χέρσου νῶτα θαλασσαίοισ ἄλσεσι τηλεθάει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 6632)

Similar forms

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

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