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 • (thắlăttă) f (genitive θᾰλᾰ́ττης); first declension

1. Attic form of θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ (thắlăssă); sea

Declension

First declension of ἡ θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ; τῆς θᾰλᾰ́ττης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ hē thắlăttă	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ thălắttā	αἱ θᾰ́λᾰτται hai thắlăttai
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰ́ττης tês thălắttēs	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́τταιν toîn thălắttain	τῶν θᾰλᾰττῶν tôn thălăttôn
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰ́ττῃ têi thălắttēi	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́τταιν toîn thălắttain	ταῖς θᾰλᾰ́τταις taîs thălắttais
Accusative	τὴν θᾰ́λᾰττᾰν tḕn thắlăttăn	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ thălắttā	τᾱ̀ς θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱς tā̀s thălắttās
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰττᾰ thắlăttă	θᾰλᾰ́ττᾱ thălắttā	θᾰ́λᾰτται thắlăttai
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