θαλαμηπόλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θάλαμος (thálamos) + πέλω (pélō) + -ος (-os)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰa.la.mɛː.pó.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰa.la.me̝ˈpo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θa.la.miˈpo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θa.la.miˈpo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θa.la.miˈpo.los/
Noun
θᾰλᾰμηπόλος • (thălămēpólos) f or m (genitive θᾰλᾰμηπόλου); second declension
- a chambermaid; a waiting maid
- a eunuch, especially one of the bedchamber
- (rare) a bridegroom
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ θᾰλᾰμηπόλος ho / hē thălămēpólos |
τὼ θᾰλᾰμηπόλω tṑ thălămēpólō |
οἱ / αἱ θᾰλᾰμηπόλοι hoi / hai thălămēpóloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς θᾰλᾰμηπόλου toû / tês thălămēpólou |
τοῖν θᾰλᾰμηπόλοιν toîn thălămēpóloin |
τῶν θᾰλᾰμηπόλων tôn thălămēpólōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ θᾰλᾰμηπόλῳ tōî / tēî thălămēpólōi |
τοῖν θᾰλᾰμηπόλοιν toîn thălămēpóloin |
τοῖς / ταῖς θᾰλᾰμηπόλοις toîs / taîs thălămēpólois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν θᾰλᾰμηπόλον tòn / tḕn thălămēpólon |
τὼ θᾰλᾰμηπόλω tṑ thălămēpólō |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς θᾰλᾰμηπόλους toùs / tā̀s thălămēpólous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θᾰλᾰμηπόλε thălămēpóle |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλω thălămēpólō |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοι thălămēpóloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θᾰλᾰμηπολέω (thălămēpoléō)
Descendants
- > Greek: θαλαμηπόλος (thalamipólos) (inherited)
Adjective
θᾰλᾰμηπόλος • (thălămēpólos) m or f (neuter θᾰλᾰμηπόλον); third declension
- (poetic) bridal
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | θᾰλᾰμηπόλος thălămēpólos |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλον thălămēpólon |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλω thălămēpólō |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλω thălămēpólō |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοι thălămēpóloi |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλᾰ thălămēpólă | ||||||||
| Genitive | θᾰλᾰμηπόλου thălămēpólou |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλου thălămēpólou |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοιν thălămēpóloin |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοιν thălămēpóloin |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλων thălămēpólōn |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλων thălămēpólōn | ||||||||
| Dative | θᾰλᾰμηπόλῳ thălămēpólōi |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλῳ thălămēpólōi |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοιν thălămēpóloin |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοιν thălămēpóloin |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοις thălămēpólois |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοις thălămēpólois | ||||||||
| Accusative | θᾰλᾰμηπόλον thălămēpólon |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλον thălămēpólon |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλω thălămēpólō |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλω thălămēpólō |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλους thălămēpólous |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλᾰ thălămēpólă | ||||||||
| Vocative | θᾰλᾰμηπόλε thălămēpóle |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλον thălămēpólon |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλω thălămēpólō |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλω thălămēpólō |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλοι thălămēpóloi |
θᾰλᾰμηπόλᾰ thălămēpólă | ||||||||
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Further reading
- “θαλαμηπόλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θαλαμηπόλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θαλαμηπόλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- θαλαμηπόλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “θαλαμηπόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θαλαμηπόλος m (thalamēpólos, “f”)
Noun
θαλαμηπόλος • (thalamipólos) f or m (plural θαλαμηπόλοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | θαλαμηπόλος (thalamipólos) | θαλαμηπόλοι (thalamipóloi) |
| genitive | θαλαμηπόλου (thalamipólou) | θαλαμηπόλων (thalamipólon) |
| accusative | θαλαμηπόλο (thalamipólo) | θαλαμηπόλους (thalamipólous) |
| vocative | θαλαμηπόλε (thalamipóle) | θαλαμηπόλοι (thalamipóloi) |
Related terms
- αρχιθαλαμηπόλος f or m (archithalamipólos, “chief flight attendant”)
Further reading
- θαλαμηπόλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language