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 thămbós	θᾰμβή thămbḗ	θᾰμβόν thămbón		θᾰμβώ thămbṓ	θᾰμβᾱ́ thămbā́	θᾰμβώ thămbṓ		θᾰμβοί thămboí	θᾰμβαί thămbaí	θᾰμβᾰ́ thămbắ
Genitive		θᾰμβοῦ thămboû	θᾰμβῆς thămbês	θᾰμβοῦ thămboû		θᾰμβοῖν thămboîn	θᾰμβαῖν thămbaîn	θᾰμβοῖν thămboîn		θᾰμβῶν thămbôn	θᾰμβῶν thămbôn	θᾰμβῶν thămbôn
Dative		θᾰμβῷ thămbôi	θᾰμβῇ thămbêi	θᾰμβῷ thămbôi		θᾰμβοῖν thămboîn	θᾰμβαῖν thămbaîn	θᾰμβοῖν thămboîn		θᾰμβοῖς thămboîs	θᾰμβαῖς thămbaîs	θᾰμβοῖς thămboîs
Accusative		θᾰμβόν thămbón	θᾰμβήν thămbḗn	θᾰμβόν thămbón		θᾰμβώ thămbṓ	θᾰμβᾱ́ thămbā́	θᾰμβώ thămbṓ		θᾰμβούς thămboús	θᾰμβᾱ́ς thămbā́s	θᾰμβᾰ́ thămbắ
Vocative		θᾰμβέ thămbé	θᾰμβή thămbḗ	θᾰμβόν thămbón		θᾰμβώ thămbṓ	θᾰμβᾱ́ thămbā́	θᾰμβώ thămbṓ		θᾰμβοί thămboí	θᾰμβαί thămbaí	θᾰμβᾰ́ thămbắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θᾰμβῶς thămbôs				θᾰμβότερος thămbóteros				θᾰμβότᾰτος thămbótătos
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