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θάλαττα

θάλαττα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θᾰ́λᾰθθᾰ ‎(thálaththa) Cretan
θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ ‎(thálassa) Attic, earlier, standard

Noun

θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ • ‎(thálatta) f ‎(genitive θᾰλᾰ́ττης); first declension

Attic form of θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ ‎(thálassa)

Inflection

First declension of θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ, θᾰλᾰ́ττης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ	αἱ θᾰ́λᾰτται
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰ́ττης	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́τταιν	τῶν θᾰλᾰττῶν
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰ́ττῃ	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́τταιν	ταῖς θᾰλᾰ́τταις
Accusative	τὴν θᾰ́λᾰττᾰν	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ	τὰς θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱς
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ	θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ	θᾰ́λᾰτται

Dialectal forms:
Notes:

First declension of θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ, θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱς (Doric, Aeolic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	αἱ θᾰ́λᾰσσαι
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱς	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́σσαιν	τῶν θᾰλᾰσσῶν
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰ́σσᾳ	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́σσαιν	ταῖς θᾰλᾰ́σσαις
Accusative	τὴν θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰν	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	τὰς θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱς
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ	θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	θᾰ́λᾰσσαι

Dialectal forms:
Notes:

First declension of θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ, θᾰλᾰ́σσης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	αἱ θᾰ́λᾰσσαι
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰ́σσης	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́σσαιν	τῶν θᾰλᾰσσῶν
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰ́σσῃ	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́σσαιν	ταῖς θᾰλᾰ́σσαις
Accusative	τὴν θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰν	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	τὰς θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱς
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ	θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	θᾰ́λᾰσσαι

Dialectal forms:
Notes:

First declension of θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ, θᾰλᾰ́σσης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	αἱ θᾰ́λᾰσσαι
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰ́σσης	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́σσῃῐν?¹	τῶν θᾰλᾰσσᾱ́ων / θᾰλᾰέ͜ων
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰ́σσῃ	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́σσῃῐν?¹	ταῖς θᾰλᾰ́σσῃσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὴν θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰν	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	τὰς θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱς
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ	θᾰλᾰ́σσᾱ	θᾰ́λᾰσσαι

Dialectal forms:
Notes:	¹Pharr reads θᾰλᾰ́ῃῐν whereas Smyth reads θᾰλᾰ́αι(ῐ)ν.

References

θάλαττα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
«θάλαττα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette