θάλαμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θαλάμη (thalámē)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰá.la.mos/ → /ˈθa.la.mos/ → /ˈθa.la.mos/

• (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

1. an inner chamber, room
2. a bedroom
3. 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

Further reading

• “θάλαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θάλαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θάλαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θάλαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θάλαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θάλαμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• θάλαμος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bedroom idem, page 69.
  • bridal idem, page 97.
  • chamber idem, page 123.
  • marriage chamber idem, page 515.
  • treasure house idem, page 892.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθa.la.mos/

Noun

θάλαμος • (thálamos) m (plural θάλαμοι)

1. room, chamber
2. hospital ward, barrack room
3. compartment, cabin
4. (anatomy) thalamus (brain)

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”)

 

Further reading

• “θάλαμος”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998