θαμύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate with synonymous θαμινός (thaminós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.mýs/ → /θaˈmys/ → /θaˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.mýs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰaˈmys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θaˈmys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θaˈmys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θaˈmis/

Adjective

θᾰμύς • (thămús) m (feminine θᾰμεῖᾰ, neuter θᾰμύ); first/third declension

1. crowded, close-set, thick

Declension

Attested almost exclusively in the masculine plural.

First and third declension of θᾰμῠ́ς; θᾰμεῖᾰ; θᾰμῠ́ (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰμῠ́ς thămŭ́s	θᾰμεῖᾰ thămeîă	θᾰμῠ́ thămŭ́		θᾰμέε thămée	θᾰμείᾱ thămeíā	θᾰμέε thămée		θᾰμέες thămées	θᾰμειαί thămeiaí	θᾰμέᾰ thăméă
Genitive		θᾰμέος thăméos	θᾰμείης thămeíēs	θᾰμέος thăméos		θᾰμέοιῐν thăméoiĭn	θᾰμείαιν / θᾰμείαιῐν / θᾰμείῃῐν thămeíai(ĭ)n / thămeíēiĭn	θᾰμέοιῐν thăméoiĭn		θᾰμέων thăméōn	θᾰμειᾱ́ων / θᾰμειέ͜ων / θᾰμειῶν thămeiā́ōn / thămeié͜ōn / thămeiôn	θᾰμέων thăméōn
Dative		θᾰμεῖ thămeî	θᾰμείῃ thămeíēi	θᾰμεῖ thămeî		θᾰμέοιῐν thăméoiĭn	θᾰμείαιν / θᾰμείαιῐν / θᾰμείῃῐν thămeíai(ĭ)n / thămeíēiĭn	θᾰμέοιῐν thăméoiĭn		θᾰμέεσσῐ / θᾰμέεσσῐν / θᾰμέεσῐ / θᾰμέεσῐν / θᾰμέσῐ / θᾰμέσῐν thăméessĭ(n) / thăméesĭ(n) / thămésĭ(n)	θᾰμείῃσῐ / θᾰμείῃσῐν / θᾰμείῃς / θᾰμείαις thămeíēisĭ(n) / thămeíēis / thămeíais	θᾰμέεσσῐ / θᾰμέεσσῐν / θᾰμέεσῐ / θᾰμέεσῐν / θᾰμέσῐ / θᾰμέσῐν thăméessĭ(n) / thăméesĭ(n) / thămésĭ(n)
Accusative		θᾰμῠ́ν thămŭ́n	θᾰμεῖᾰν thămeîăn	θᾰμῠ́ thămŭ́		θᾰμέε thămée	θᾰμείᾱ thămeíā	θᾰμέε thămée		θᾰμέᾰς thăméăs	θᾰμειᾱ́ς thămeiā́s	θᾰμέᾰ thăméă
Vocative		θᾰμῠ́ thămŭ́	θᾰμεῖᾰ thămeîă	θᾰμῠ́ thămŭ́		θᾰμέε thămée	θᾰμείᾱ thămeíā	θᾰμέε thămée		θᾰμέες thămées	θᾰμειαί thămeiaí	θᾰμέᾰ thăméă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θᾰμέως thăméōs				θᾰμῠ́τερος thămŭ́teros				θᾰμῠ́τᾰτος thămŭ́tătos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

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