θάσσω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θᾰᾰ́σσω (thaássō) — Epic

Etymology

A contraction of the earlier Epic Greek θᾰᾰ́σσω (thaássō), found in Homer and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, itself from θᾰϝᾰ́κψω (thawákpsō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰǎːs.sɔː/ → /ˈθas.so/ → /ˈθa.so/

• (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/

Verb

θᾱ́σσω • (thā́ssō)

1. sit, sit idly
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.194:

     λιπὼν ἕδος ἔνθα θάασσεν

     lipṑn hédos éntha tháassen

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.124
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.336:

     οὐδὲ ἔοικε…ἐν δαιτὶ θαασσέμεν

     oudè éoike…en daitì thaassémen

   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 172
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 468:

     μετ’ ἀθανάτοισι θαάσσεις

     met’ athanátoisi thaásseis

   • c. 440 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 509:

     ἀμφὶ βωμόν

     amphì bōmón

   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 161, (construed with a sellar accusative, lyrical):

     θάσσειν θρόνον

     thássein thrónon

   • 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 117, (construed with a sellar accusative, lyrical):

     θ. δάπεδον

     th. dápedon

   • 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 36:

     ἐπ’ ἀκταῖς

     ep’ aktaîs

   • 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 391:

     στρατὸς δὲ θάσσει

     stratòs dè thássei

   • 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 715:

     πρὸς βάθροις

     pròs báthrois

   • 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

   • 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 91, (construed with a sellar accusative, anapaestic):

     θ. τρίποδα

     th. trípoda

   • 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 889, (construed with a cognate accusative)
   • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 622, (trochaic):

     ἥσυχος θ.

     hḗsukhos th.

Usage notes

• This verb is only attested in the present and imperfect tenses, and only in the present tense outside Epic Greek.

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	θᾰᾰ́σσητον	θᾰᾰ́σσητον	θᾰᾰ́σσωμεν	θᾰᾰ́σσητε	θᾰᾰ́σσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	θᾰᾰ́σσοιμῐ	θᾰᾰ́σσοισ(θᾰ)	θᾰᾰ́σσοι	θᾰᾰ́σσοιτον	θᾰᾰσσοίτην	θᾰᾰ́σσοιμεν	θᾰᾰ́σσοιτε	θᾰᾰ́σσοιεν
	imperative		θᾰ́ᾰσσε	θᾰᾰσσέτω	θᾰᾰ́σσετον	θᾰᾰσσέτων		θᾰᾰ́σσετε	θᾰᾰσσόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	θᾰᾰ́σσομαι	θᾰᾰ́σσεαι	θᾰᾰ́σσεται	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθον	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθον	θᾰᾰσσόμε(σ)θᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσεσθε	θᾰᾰ́σσονται
	subjunctive	θᾰᾰ́σσωμαι	θᾰᾰ́σσηαι	θᾰᾰ́σσηται	θᾰᾰ́σσησθον	θᾰᾰ́σσησθον	θᾰᾰσσώμε(σ)θᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσησθε	θᾰᾰ́σσωνται
	optative	θᾰᾰσσοίμην	θᾰᾰ́σσοιο	θᾰᾰ́σσοιτο	θᾰᾰ́σσοισθον	θᾰᾰσσοίσθην	θᾰᾰσσοίμε(σ)θᾰ	θᾰᾰ́σσοισθε	θᾰᾰσσοίᾰτο
	imperative		θᾰᾰ́σσεο	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	θᾰᾰ́σσου	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

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

 

Further reading

• “θάσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θάσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette