θάσσω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θᾰᾰ́σσω (thăắssō) — Epic
θοάζω (thoázō) — Epic

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰǎːs.sɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰas.so/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθas.so/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθas.so/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.so/

Etymology 1

Contraction of earlier Epic θᾰᾰ́σσω (thăắssō), found in Homer and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, itself from θᾰϝᾰ́κψω (thăwắkpsō).

Verb

θᾱ́σσω • (thā́ssō)

sit; sit idly
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.194:
  λιπὼν ἕδος ἔνθα θάασσεν
  lipṑn hédos éntha tháassen
  leaving the seat where he was sitting idly
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.124
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.336:
  οὐδὲ ἔοικε…ἐν δαιτὶ θαασσέμεν
  oudè éoike…en daitì thaassémen
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 172
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 468:
  μετ’ ἀθανάτοισι θαάσσεις
  met’ athanátoisi thaásseis
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 440 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 509:
  ἀμφὶ βωμόν
  amphì bōmón
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 161, (construed with a sellar accusative, lyrical):
  θάσσειν θρόνον
  thássein thrónon
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 117, (construed with a sellar accusative, lyrical):
  θ. δάπεδον
  th. dápedon
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 36:
  ἐπ’ ἀκταῖς
  ep’ aktaîs
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 391:
  στρατὸς δὲ θάσσει
  stratòs dè thássei
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 715:
  πρὸς βάθροις
  pròs báthrois
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 1214, (construed with a cognate accusative):
  θ. δυστήνους ἕδρας
  th. dustḗnous hédras
  to sit in wretched posture
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1253, (lyrical):
  τρίποδι ἐν χρυσέῳ
  trípodi en khruséōi
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 91, (construed with a sellar accusative, anapaestic):
  θ. τρίποδα
  th. trípoda
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 889, (construed with a cognate accusative)
- 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 622, (trochaic):
  ἥσυχος θ.
  hḗsukhos th.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Only attested in the present and imperfect tenses, and only in the present tense outside Epic.

Conjugation

Present: θᾱ́σσω, θᾱ́σσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	θᾱ́σσω	θᾱ́σσεις	θᾱ́σσει	θᾱ́σσετον	θᾱ́σσετον	θᾱ́σσομεν	θᾱ́σσετε	θᾱ́σσουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	θᾱ́σσω	θᾱ́σσῃς	θᾱ́σσῃ	θᾱ́σσητον	θᾱ́σσητον	θᾱ́σσωμεν	θᾱ́σσητε	θᾱ́σσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	θᾱ́σσοιμῐ	θᾱ́σσοις	θᾱ́σσοι	θᾱ́σσοιτον	θᾱσσοίτην	θᾱ́σσοιμεν	θᾱ́σσοιτε	θᾱ́σσοιεν
	imperative		θᾶσσε	θᾱσσέτω	θᾱ́σσετον	θᾱσσέτων		θᾱ́σσετε	θᾱσσόντων
middle/passive	indicative	θᾱ́σσομαι	θᾱ́σσῃ, θᾱ́σσει	θᾱ́σσεται	θᾱ́σσεσθον	θᾱ́σσεσθον	θᾱσσόμεθᾰ	θᾱ́σσεσθε	θᾱ́σσονται
	subjunctive	θᾱ́σσωμαι	θᾱ́σσῃ	θᾱ́σσηται	θᾱ́σσησθον	θᾱ́σσησθον	θᾱσσώμεθᾰ	θᾱ́σσησθε	θᾱ́σσωνται
	optative	θᾱσσοίμην	θᾱ́σσοιο	θᾱ́σσοιτο	θᾱ́σσοισθον	θᾱσσοίσθην	θᾱσσοίμεθᾰ	θᾱ́σσοισθε	θᾱ́σσοιντο
	imperative		θᾱ́σσου	θᾱσσέσθω	θᾱ́σσεσθον	θᾱσσέσθων		θᾱ́σσεσθε	θᾱσσέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		θᾱ́σσειν				θᾱ́σσεσθαι
participle	m	θᾱ́σσων				θᾱσσόμενος
	f	θᾱ́σσουσᾰ				θᾱσσομένη
	n	θᾶσσον				θᾱσσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: θᾰᾰ́σσω, θᾰᾰ́σσομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	θᾰᾰ́σσω	θᾰᾰ́σσεις	θᾰᾰ́σσει	θᾰᾰ́σσετον	θᾰᾰ́σσετον	θᾰᾰ́σσομεν	θᾰᾰ́σσετε	θᾰᾰ́σσουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	θᾰᾰ́σσω, θᾰᾰ́σσωμῐ	θᾰᾰ́σσῃς, θᾰᾰ́σσῃσθᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσῃ, θᾰᾰ́σσῃσῐ(ν)	θᾰᾰ́σσητον	θᾰᾰ́σσητον	θᾰᾰ́σσωμεν	θᾰᾰ́σσητε	θᾰᾰ́σσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	θᾰᾰ́σσοιμῐ	θᾰᾰ́σσοις, θᾰᾰ́σσοισθᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσοι	θᾰᾰ́σσοιτον	θᾰᾰσσοίτην	θᾰᾰ́σσοιμεν	θᾰᾰ́σσοιτε	θᾰᾰ́σσοιεν
	imperative		θᾰ́ᾰσσε	θᾰᾰσσέτω	θᾰᾰ́σσετον	θᾰᾰσσέτων		θᾰᾰ́σσετε	θᾰᾰσσόντων
middle/passive	indicative	θᾰᾰ́σσομαι	θᾰᾰ́σσεαι, θᾰᾰ́σσῃ	θᾰᾰ́σσεται	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθον	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθον	θᾰᾰσσόμε(σ)θᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθε	θᾰᾰ́σσονται
	subjunctive	θᾰᾰ́σσωμαι	θᾰᾰ́σσηαι, θᾰᾰ́σσῃ	θᾰᾰ́σσηται	θᾰᾰ́σσησθον	θᾰᾰ́σσησθον	θᾰᾰσσώμε(σ)θᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσησθε	θᾰᾰ́σσωνται
	optative	θᾰᾰσσοίμην	θᾰᾰ́σσοιο	θᾰᾰ́σσοιτο	θᾰᾰ́σσοισθον	θᾰᾰσσοίσθην	θᾰᾰσσοίμε(σ)θᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσοισθε	θᾰᾰσσοίᾰτο
	imperative		θᾰᾰ́σσεο, θᾰᾰ́σσευ	θᾰᾰσσέσθω	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθον	θᾰᾰσσέσθων		θᾰᾰ́σσεσθε	θᾰᾰσσέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		θᾰᾰ́σσειν, θᾰᾰσσέμεν(αι), θᾰᾰ́σσμεν(αι)				θᾰᾰ́σσεσθαι
participle	m	θᾰᾰ́σσων				θᾰᾰσσόμενος
	f	θᾰᾰ́σσουσᾰ				θᾰᾰσσομένη
	n	θᾰᾰ́σσον				θᾰᾰσσόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: θᾰ́ᾰσσον, θᾰᾰσσόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	θᾰ́ᾰσσον	θᾰ́ᾰσσες	θᾰ́ᾰσσε(ν)	θᾰᾰ́σσετον	θᾰᾰσσέτην	θᾰᾰ́σσομεν	θᾰᾰ́σσετε	θᾰ́ᾰσσον
middle/passive	indicative	θᾰᾰσσόμην	θᾰᾰ́σσεο, θᾰᾰ́σσευ	θᾰᾰ́σσετο	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθον	θᾰᾰσσέσθην	θᾰᾰσσόμε(σ)θᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθε	θᾰᾰ́σσοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Related terms

θᾰβᾰκόν m (thăbăkón, accusative noun)
θᾶκος m (thâkos, “seat”)
θοάζω (thoázō, “sit”, verb)

Etymology 2

Adjective