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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly related to ἅλς ( háls , “ salt ” ) , cf. Latin sāl ( “ salt ” ) , salum ( “ sea ” ) , Salacia ( “ sea goddess ” ) . However, the element "-σσ-", as well as the local geographic meaning, points to a Pre-Greek origin; compare the possible cognate Luwian 𒀀𒆷𒀸 𒊭𒄠 (alaššamm(i) ). According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek substrate borrowing tentatively reconstructed as *talaky a.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tʰá.las.sa/ → /ˈθa.las.sa/ → /ˈθa.la.sa/
Noun
θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ • (thálassa ) f (genitive θᾰλᾰ́σσης ) ; first declension
sea
Synonyms: πέλαγος ( pélagos ) , πόντος ( póntos )
the Mediterranean Sea
channel
salt water
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
“θάλασσα ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“θάλασσα ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
“θάλασσα ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
θάλασσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001 ) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature , Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
θάλασσα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924 ) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition , Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“θάλασσα ”, in Slater, William J. (1969 ) Lexicon to Pindar , Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G2281 in Strong, James (1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
θάλασσα 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 .
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θάλασσα ( thálassa ) . Cognate with Tsakonian θάσσα ( thássa , “ sea ” ) , Mariupol Greek тъа́ласа ( θálasa ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
θάλασσα • (thálassa ) f (plural θάλασσες )
sea
Βαλτική Θάλασσα , Μεσόγειος Θάλασσα ― Valtikí Thálassa , Mesógeios Thálassa ― Baltic Sea , Mediterranean Sea
sea ( all the seas and oceans )
Πήγε στη θάλασσα . Píge sti thálassa . He went to sea .
storm
πολύ θάλασσα ― polý thálassa ― heavy seas , stormy weather
Usage notes
ωκεανός m ( okeanós , “ ocean ” ) ( e.g. Atlantic, Pacific )
θάλασσα f ( thálassa , “ larger sea ” ) ( e.g. Mediterranean, Baltic, Caribbean )
πέλαγος m ( pélagos , “ smaller sea ” ) ( e.g. Adriatic, Aegean, Ionian )
Declension
ακροθαλασσιά f ( akrothalassiá , “ seashore ” )
θαλάσσιος ( thalássios , “ marine, sea ” )
θαλασσής ( thalassís , “ light blue ” )
θαλασσί n ( thalassí , “ light blue ” )
θαλασσίτσα n ( thalassítsa )
θαλασσινά n pl ( thalassiná , “ seafood ” )
θαλασσινή f ( thalassiní , “ seawoman, seafarer, dweller by the sea ” )
θαλασσινός ( thalassinós , “ marine, in the sea ” )
θαλασσινός m ( thalassinós , “ seaman, seafarer, dweller by the sea ” )
θαλασσογραφία f ( thalassografía , “ seascape ” )
θαλασσοδάνειο n ( thalassodáneio , “ sea loan, risky loan, bottomry ” )
θαλασσοδέρνομαι ( thalassodérnomai )
θαλασσοδέρνω ( thalassodérno )
θαλασσοδαρμένος ( thalassodarménos , “ weather-beaten, beaten by the sea ” )
θαλασσοκράτειρα f ( thalassokráteira , “ sea power ” )
θαλασσοκράτορας m ( thalassokrátoras , “ sea power ” )
θαλασσοκρατία f ( thalassokratía , “ sea mastery, naval supremacy ” )
θαλασσοκρατορία f ( thalassokratoría , “ sea mastery, naval supremacy ” )
θαλασσοπνίγομαι ( thalassopnígomai , “ be half-drowned, be in difficulties at sea ” )
θαλασσοπούλι n ( thalassopoúli , “ seabird ” )
θαλασσοπόρος m or f ( thalassopóros , “ seavoyager, navigator, marine explorer ” )
θαλασσοταραχή f ( thalassotarachí , “ rough sea ” )
θαλασσόβιος ( thalassóvios , “ frequenting the sea ” )
θαλασσόλυκος m ( thalassólykos , “ sea dog, old salt ” )
θαλασσόλυκος n ( thalassólykos )
θαλασσόνερο n ( thalassónero , “ seawater ” )
θαλασσόχορτο n ( thalassóchorto , “ samphire ” )
θαλασσώνω ( thalassóno , “ to mess things up ” )
λαοθάλασσα f ( laothálassa )
λιμνοθάλασσα f ( limnothálassa )
Further reading