θάλαμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θαλάμη (thalámē)

Etymology

According to Beekes, most likely of Pre-Greek origin and perhaps cognate with θόλος (thólos).^[1] Kroonen however reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *dʰl̥h₂-em-o/eh₂-;^[2] compare κάλαμος (kálamos), καλάμη (kalámē) for the formation.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰá.la.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰa.la.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/

Noun

θᾰ́λᾰμος • (thálamos) m (genitive θᾰλᾰ́μου); second declension

an inner chamber, room
a bedroom
a bed

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θᾰ́λᾰμος; τοῦ θᾰλᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θᾰ́λᾰμος ho thálamos	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́μω tṑ thalámō	οἱ θᾰ́λᾰμοι hoi thálamoi
Genitive	τοῦ θᾰλᾰ́μου toû thalámou	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́μοιν toîn thalámoin	τῶν θᾰλᾰ́μων tôn thalámōn
Dative	τῷ θᾰλᾰ́μῳ tôi thalámōi	τοῖν θᾰλᾰ́μοιν toîn thalámoin	τοῖς θᾰλᾰ́μοις toîs thalámois
Accusative	τὸν θᾰ́λᾰμον tòn thálamon	τὼ θᾰλᾰ́μω tṑ thalámō	τοὺς θᾰλᾰ́μους toùs thalámous
Vocative	θᾰ́λᾰμε thálame	θᾰλᾰ́μω thalámō	θᾰ́λᾰμοι thálamoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The genitive singular θαλάμοιο (thalámoio) is found in Homer.

Derived terms

ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios)
θαλαμηπόλος (thalamēpólos)

Descendants

Greek: θάλαμος (thálamos)
→ Latin: thalamus
- → Catalan: tàlem
- → English: thalamus
- → French: thalamus
- Galician: tambo (obsolete)
- Italian: talamo
- Sicilian: tàlamu
- Spanish: tálamo

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dala-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87: “Gr. θαλάμη ‘den, lair’ < *dʰlh₂-em-eh₂-”

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/

Noun

θάλαμος • (thálamos) m (plural θάλαμοι)

Declension

Declension of θάλαμος

	singular	plural
nominative	θάλαμος •	θάλαμοι •
genitive	θαλάμου •	θαλάμων •
accusative	θάλαμο •	θαλάμους •
vocative	θάλαμε •	θάλαμοι •

Related terms

αντιθάλαμος m (antithálamos, “anteroom, antechamber”)
θαλάμη f (thalámi, “chamber, nest”)
θαλαμηγός f (thalamigós, “yacht”)
θαλαμηπόλος (thalamipólos, “steward, room attendant”)
θαλάμι n (thalámi, “nest”)
θαλαμίσκος m (thalamískos, “cage, cabin”)

θάλαμος

Contents

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Further reading

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Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Further reading