Θρᾷσσα
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Θρᾷττᾰ (Thrâitta) — Attic
- Θρῇσσᾰ (Thrêissa) — Tragic
- Θρήϊσσᾰ (Thrḗïssa), Θρᾰ́ϊσσᾰ (Thráïssa)
- Θρέϊσσᾰ (Thréïssa) — Ionic
Etymology edit
Feminine form of Θρᾷξ (Thrâix, “Thracian”)
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰrâːi̯s.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰras.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθras.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθras.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθra.sa/
Noun edit
Θρᾷσσᾰ • (Thrâissa) f (genitive Θρᾴσσης); first declension
- female inhabitant of Thrace; Thracian woman
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 174a:
- Θρᾷττά τις ἐμμελὴς καὶ χαρίεσσα θεραπαινὶς ἀποσκῶψαι
- Thrâittá tis emmelḕs kaì kharíessa therapainìs aposkôpsai
- and a neat, witty Thracian servant-girl jeered at him
- Θρᾷττά τις ἐμμελὴς καὶ χαρίεσσα θεραπαινὶς ἀποσκῶψαι
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | ἡ Θρᾷσσᾰ hē Thrâissa |
τὼ Θρᾴσσᾱ tṑ Thrā́issā |
αἱ Θρᾷσσαι hai Thrâissai |
Genitive | τῆς Θρᾴσσης tês Thrā́issēs |
τοῖν Θρᾴσσαιν toîn Thrā́issain |
τῶν Θρᾳσσῶν tôn Thrāissôn |
Dative | τῇ Θρᾴσσῃ têi Thrā́issēi |
τοῖν Θρᾴσσαιν toîn Thrā́issain |
ταῖς Θρᾴσσαις taîs Thrā́issais |
Accusative | τὴν Θρᾷσσᾰν tḕn Thrâissan |
τὼ Θρᾴσσᾱ tṑ Thrā́issā |
τᾱ̀ς Θρᾴσσᾱς tā̀s Thrā́issās |
Vocative | Θρᾷσσᾰ Thrâissa |
Θρᾴσσᾱ Thrā́issā |
Θρᾷσσαι Thrâissai |
Related terms edit
- Θρᾴκη (Thrā́ikē)
- Θρᾴκιος (Thrā́ikios)
- Θρῇξ (Thrêix)
- Θρῄκη (Thrḗikē)
- Θρῄκιος (Thrḗikios)
- Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrā́ikē)
- Σαμόθρᾳξ (Samóthrāix)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Θρᾷσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Θρᾷσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,027, 1,028