θάλαττα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰá.lat.ta/ → /ˈθa.lat.ta/ → /ˈθa.la.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰá.lat.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰa.lat.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.lat.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.lat.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.ta/

Noun

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

1. Attic form of θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ (thálassa); sea

Declension

First declension of ἡ θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ; τῆς θᾰλᾰ́ττης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ hē thálatta	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ thaláttā	αἱ θᾰ́λᾰτται hai thálattai
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰ́ττης tês thaláttēs	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́τταιν toîn thaláttain	τῶν θᾰλᾰττῶν tôn thalattôn
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰ́ττῃ têi thaláttēi	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́τταιν toîn thaláttain	ταῖς θᾰλᾰ́τταις taîs thaláttais
Accusative	τὴν θᾰ́λᾰττᾰν tḕn thálattan	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ thaláttā	τᾱ̀ς θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱς tā̀s thaláttās
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ thálatta	θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ thaláttā	θᾰ́λᾰτται thálattai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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