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θάλασσα

thalassa

sea

Appears 119 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θάλασσα [θᾰ], Att.θᾰλᾰττα IG 12.57 (but θάλασσα 22.236 (338/7 B.C.)), ἡ: —A. sea, Il. 2.294, etc.: freq. of the Mediterranean sea, ἥδε ἡ θ. Hdt. 1.1, 185, 4.39, etc.; ἡ παρʼ ἡμῖν θ. Pl. Phd. 113a; ἡ θ. ἡ καθʼ ἡμᾶς Plb. 1.3.9; ἡ ἐντὸς καὶ κ. ἡ. λεγομένη θ. Str. 2.5.18; ἡ ἔσω θ. Arist. Mu. 393b29; ἡ ἔξω θ., of the Ocean, Id. Mete. 350a22; ἡ Ἀτλαντικὴ θ. Id. Mu. 392b22; ἡ μεγάλη θ. Plu. Alex. 73; of a salt lake, Arist. Mete. 351a9; ἐς θάλασσαν τὴν τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου Hdt. 2.33; πέλαγος θαλάσσης A.R. 2.608; κατὰ θάλασσαν by sea, opp. πεζῇ, Hdt. 5.63; opp. κατὰ γῆς, Th. 7.28 codd.; κατά τε γῆν καὶ κατὰ θ. Pl. Mx. 241a; χέρσον καὶ θ. ἐκπερῶν A. Eu. 240; τῆς θ. ἀνθεκτέα ἐστί one must engage in maritime affairs, Th. 1.93; οἱ περὶ τὴν θ. sea-faring men, Arist. HA 598b24, cf. Pol. 1291b20; θ. καὶ πῦρ καὶ γυνὴ—τρίτον κακόν Men. Mon. 231, cf.264: metaph., κακῶν θ a sea of troubles, A. Th. 758 (lyr.); ὁ Κρὴς τὴν θ. (sc. ἀγνοεῖ), of pretended ignorance, Suid. 2. sea-water, ἔστω ἐν χαλκῷ ἡ θ. Hp. Coac. 427, cf. Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.121d, Moschio ib.5.208a, Plb. 16.5.4, Dsc. 2.83. 3. well of salt water, said to be produced by a stroke of Poseidonʼs trident, in the Acropolis at Athens, Hdt. 8.55; θ. Ἐρεχθηΐς Apollod. 3.14.1. 4. channel, LXX 3 Ki. 18.32. 5. χαλκῆ θ. laver, ib.2 Ki. 8.8. 6. θ. κοίλη wooden theatre, Paus.Gr. Fr. 208 (= Com.Adesp. 864).—For the Lacon. form σάλασσα, v. θαλασσομέδων.
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