θαλάσσιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θᾰλᾰ́ττῐος (thălắttĭos) — Attic, later

Etymology

θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ (thắlăssă, “sea”) +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.lás.si.os/ → /θaˈlas.si.os/ → /θaˈla.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.lás.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰaˈlas.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θaˈlas.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θaˈlas.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θaˈla.si.os/

Adjective

θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος • (thălắssĭos) m (feminine θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ, neuter θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον); first/second declension
θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος • (thălắssĭos) m or f (neuter θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον); second declension

1. of, in, on, or from the sea, marine, maritime
   1. into the sea
   2. sea-going
2. (nautical) skilled in the sea, nautical
3. like the sea

Declension

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος thălắssĭos	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thălăssĭ́ā	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thălắssĭon		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thălăssĭ́ā	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐοι thălắssĭoi	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐαι thălắssĭai	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thălắssĭă
Genitive		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ου thălăssĭ́ou	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱς thălăssĭ́ās	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ου thălăssĭ́ou		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thălăssĭ́oin	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́αιν thălăssĭ́ain	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thălăssĭ́oin		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thălăssĭ́ōn	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thălăssĭ́ōn	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thălăssĭ́ōn
Dative		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ῳ thălăssĭ́ōi	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾳ thălăssĭ́āi	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ῳ thălăssĭ́ōi		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thălăssĭ́oin	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́αιν thălăssĭ́ain	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thălăssĭ́oin		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οις thălăssĭ́ois	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́αις thălăssĭ́ais	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οις thălăssĭ́ois
Accusative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thălắssĭon	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱν thălăssĭ́ān	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thălắssĭon		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thălăssĭ́ā	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ους thălăssĭ́ous	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱς thălăssĭ́ās	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thălắssĭă
Vocative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐε thălắssĭe	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thălăssĭ́ā	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thălắssĭon		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ thălăssĭ́ā	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐοι thălắssĭoi	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐαι thălắssĭai	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thălắssĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ως thălăssĭ́ōs				θᾰλᾰσσῐώτερος thălăssĭṓteros				θᾰλᾰσσῐώτᾰτος thălăssĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος; θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ᾱ; θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος thălắssĭos	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thălắssĭon		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐοι thălắssĭoi	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thălắssĭă
Genitive		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ου thălăssĭ́ou	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ου thălăssĭ́ou		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thălăssĭ́oin	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thălăssĭ́oin		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thălăssĭ́ōn	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ων thălăssĭ́ōn
Dative		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ῳ thălăssĭ́ōi	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ῳ thălăssĭ́ōi		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thălăssĭ́oin	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οιν thălăssĭ́oin		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οις thălăssĭ́ois	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́οις thălăssĭ́ois
Accusative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thălắssĭon	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thălắssĭon		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ους thălăssĭ́ous	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thălắssĭă
Vocative		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐε thălắssĭe	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον thălắssĭon		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō	θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ω thălăssĭ́ō		θᾰλᾰ́σσῐοι thălắssĭoi	θᾰλᾰ́σσῐᾰ thălắssĭă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θᾰλᾰσσῐ́ως thălăssĭ́ōs			θᾰλᾰσσῐώτερος thălăssĭṓteros			θᾰλᾰσσῐώτᾰτος thălăssĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of θᾰλᾰ́σσῐος; θᾰλᾰ́σσῐον (Attic)

Descendants

• Greek: θαλάσσιος (thalássios)
• Mariupol Greek: тъаласи́ (θalasí)

References

• “θαλάσσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θαλάσσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θαλάσσιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θαλάσσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θαλάσσιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θαλάσσιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• θαλάσσιος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • marine idem, page 514.
  • nautical idem, page 552.
  • sea idem, page 744.
  • seafaring idem, page 746.
  • watery idem, page 967.

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek θαλάσσιος (thalássios, “marine”). By surface analysis, θάλασσ(α) (thálass(a), “sea”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, “indicating origin”).

Cognate with Mariupol Greek тъаласи́ (θalasí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaˈla.si.os/
• Hyphenation: θα‧λάσ‧σι‧ος

Adjective

θαλάσσιος • (thalássios) m (feminine θαλάσσια, neuter θαλάσσιο)

1. relating to: sea, sailing, seaside

   θαλάσσια ανεμώνη ― thalássia anemóni ― sea anemone

2. maritime, marine

   θαλάσσιο περιβάλλον ― thalássio perivállon ― marine environment

Declension

Declension of θαλάσσιος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	θαλάσσιος (thalássios)	θαλάσσια (thalássia)	θαλάσσιο (thalássio)		θαλάσσιοι (thalássioi)	θαλάσσιες (thalássies)	θαλάσσια (thalássia)
genitive	θαλάσσιου (thalássiou)	θαλάσσιας (thalássias)	θαλάσσιου (thalássiou)		θαλάσσιων (thalássion)	θαλάσσιων (thalássion)	θαλάσσιων (thalássion)
accusative	θαλάσσιο (thalássio)	θαλάσσια (thalássia)	θαλάσσιο (thalássio)		θαλάσσιους (thalássious)	θαλάσσιες (thalássies)	θαλάσσια (thalássia)
vocative	θαλάσσιε (thalássie)	θαλάσσια (thalássia)	θαλάσσιο (thalássio)		θαλάσσιοι (thalássioi)	θαλάσσιες (thalássies)	θαλάσσια (thalássia)

Related terms

• θαλασσί n (thalassí)

and see: θάλασσα f (thálassa, “sea”)

Further reading

• θαλάσσιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language