θαλαμηπόλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θάλαμος (thálamos) +‎ πέλω (pélō) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.la.mɛː.pó.los/ → /θa.la.miˈpo.los/ → /θa.la.miˈpo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.la.mɛː.pó.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰa.la.me̝ˈpo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θa.la.miˈpo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θa.la.miˈpo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θa.la.miˈpo.los/

Noun

θᾰλᾰμηπόλος • (thalamēpólos) f or m (genitive θᾰλᾰμηπόλου); second declension

1. a chamber-maid
2. a bridal attendant
3. (Aesch.) a waiting maid
4. (Plut.) a bridegroom
5. (Soph.) bridal (adj.)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ θᾰλᾰμηπόλος; τοῦ, τῆς θᾰλᾰμηπόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ θᾰλᾰμηπόλος ho, hē thalamēpólos	τὼ θᾰλᾰμηπόλω tṑ thalamēpólō	οἱ, αἱ θᾰλᾰμηπόλοι hoi, hai thalamēpóloi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς θᾰλᾰμηπόλου toû, tês thalamēpólou	τοῖν θᾰλᾰμηπόλοιν toîn thalamēpóloin	τῶν θᾰλᾰμηπόλων tôn thalamēpólōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ θᾰλᾰμηπόλῳ tôi, têi thalamēpólōi	τοῖν θᾰλᾰμηπόλοιν toîn thalamēpóloin	τοῖς, ταῖς θᾰλᾰμηπόλοις toîs, taîs thalamēpólois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν θᾰλᾰμηπόλον tòn, tḕn thalamēpólon	τὼ θᾰλᾰμηπόλω tṑ thalamēpólō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς θᾰλᾰμηπόλους toùs, tā̀s thalamēpólous
Vocative	θᾰλᾰμηπόλε thalamēpóle	θᾰλᾰμηπόλω thalamēpólō	θᾰλᾰμηπόλοι thalamēpóloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θαλαμηπολέω (thalamēpoléō)

Descendants

• > Greek: θαλαμηπόλος (thalamipólos) (inherited)

Further reading

• “θαλαμηπόλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θαλαμηπόλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θαλαμηπόλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θαλαμηπόλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “θαλαμηπόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θαλαμηπόλος m (thalamēpólos, “f”)

Noun

θαλαμηπόλος • (thalamipólos) f or m (plural θαλαμηπόλοι)

1. (nautical) steward
2. flight attendant

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	θαλαμηπόλος (thalamipólos)	θαλαμηπόλοι (thalamipóloi)
genitive	θαλαμηπόλου (thalamipólou)	θαλαμηπόλων (thalamipólon)
accusative	θαλαμηπόλο (thalamipólo)	θαλαμηπόλους (thalamipólous)
vocative	θαλαμηπόλε (thalamipóle)	θαλαμηπόλοι (thalamipóloi)

Related terms

• αρχιθαλαμηπόλος f or m (archithalamipólos, “chief flight attendant”)

Further reading

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