θαμβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See θάμβος (thámbos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θamˈbos/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θamˈbos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θamˈbos/

Adjective

θαμβός • (thambós) m (feminine θᾰμβή, neuter θᾰμβόν); first/second declension

1. (hapax) astonished
   • 1115 – 1195, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem et Odysseam 906.53:

     καὶ θάμβος μὲν ἡ ἔκπληξις, θαμβός δὲ κατὰ ὀξεῖαν τάσιν ὁ ἐκπλαγείς

     kaì thámbos mèn hē ékplēxis, thambós dè katà oxeîan tásin ho ekplageís

     Similarly, "θάμβος" means 'astonishment', while "θαμβός" (in accordance with its oxytone accent) means 'astonished'.

Usage notes

• Only occurs in a list of examples invoked by Eustathius in his commentary on Iliad 12.310, to explain the retracted accent of the name Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos) as compared to the adjective γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-gray”).

Inflection

First and second declension of θᾰμβός; θᾰμβή; θᾰμβόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰμβός thambós	θᾰμβή thambḗ	θᾰμβόν thambón		θᾰμβώ thambṓ	θᾰμβᾱ́ thambā́	θᾰμβώ thambṓ		θᾰμβοί thamboí	θᾰμβαί thambaí	θᾰμβᾰ́ thambá
Genitive		θᾰμβοῦ thamboû	θᾰμβῆς thambês	θᾰμβοῦ thamboû		θᾰμβοῖν thamboîn	θᾰμβαῖν thambaîn	θᾰμβοῖν thamboîn		θᾰμβῶν thambôn	θᾰμβῶν thambôn	θᾰμβῶν thambôn
Dative		θᾰμβῷ thambôi	θᾰμβῇ thambêi	θᾰμβῷ thambôi		θᾰμβοῖν thamboîn	θᾰμβαῖν thambaîn	θᾰμβοῖν thamboîn		θᾰμβοῖς thamboîs	θᾰμβαῖς thambaîs	θᾰμβοῖς thamboîs
Accusative		θᾰμβόν thambón	θᾰμβήν thambḗn	θᾰμβόν thambón		θᾰμβώ thambṓ	θᾰμβᾱ́ thambā́	θᾰμβώ thambṓ		θᾰμβούς thamboús	θᾰμβᾱ́ς thambā́s	θᾰμβᾰ́ thambá
Vocative		θᾰμβέ thambé	θᾰμβή thambḗ	θᾰμβόν thambón		θᾰμβώ thambṓ	θᾰμβᾱ́ thambā́	θᾰμβώ thambṓ		θᾰμβοί thamboí	θᾰμβαί thambaí	θᾰμβᾰ́ thambá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θᾰμβῶς thambôs				θᾰμβότερος thambóteros				θᾰμβότᾰτος thambótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θαμβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “θαμβός”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “θαμβός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011