θαμινός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θᾰμεινός (thameinós)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of θάμνος (thámnos, “bush, shrub”) and θαμά (thamá, “often”); compare the synonymous θαμέες (thamées).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.mi.nós/ → /θa.miˈnos/ → /θa.miˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.mi.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰa.miˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θa.miˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θa.miˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θa.miˈnos/

Adjective

θᾰμῐνός • (thaminós) m (feminine θᾰμῐνή, neuter θᾰμῐνόν); first/second declension

1. crowded, close-set

Inflection

First and second declension of θᾰμῐνός; θᾰμῐνή; θᾰμῐνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰμῐνός thaminós	θᾰμῐνή thaminḗ	θᾰμῐνόν thaminón		θᾰμῐνώ thaminṓ	θᾰμῐνᾱ́ thaminā́	θᾰμῐνώ thaminṓ		θᾰμῐνοί thaminoí	θᾰμῐναί thaminaí	θᾰμῐνᾰ́ thaminá
Genitive		θᾰμῐνοῦ thaminoû	θᾰμῐνῆς thaminês	θᾰμῐνοῦ thaminoû		θᾰμῐνοῖν thaminoîn	θᾰμῐναῖν thaminaîn	θᾰμῐνοῖν thaminoîn		θᾰμῐνῶν thaminôn	θᾰμῐνῶν thaminôn	θᾰμῐνῶν thaminôn
Dative		θᾰμῐνῷ thaminôi	θᾰμῐνῇ thaminêi	θᾰμῐνῷ thaminôi		θᾰμῐνοῖν thaminoîn	θᾰμῐναῖν thaminaîn	θᾰμῐνοῖν thaminoîn		θᾰμῐνοῖς thaminoîs	θᾰμῐναῖς thaminaîs	θᾰμῐνοῖς thaminoîs
Accusative		θᾰμῐνόν thaminón	θᾰμῐνήν thaminḗn	θᾰμῐνόν thaminón		θᾰμῐνώ thaminṓ	θᾰμῐνᾱ́ thaminā́	θᾰμῐνώ thaminṓ		θᾰμῐνούς thaminoús	θᾰμῐνᾱ́ς thaminā́s	θᾰμῐνᾰ́ thaminá
Vocative		θᾰμῐνέ thaminé	θᾰμῐνή thaminḗ	θᾰμῐνόν thaminón		θᾰμῐνώ thaminṓ	θᾰμῐνᾱ́ thaminā́	θᾰμῐνώ thaminṓ		θᾰμῐνοί thaminoí	θᾰμῐναί thaminaí	θᾰμῐνᾰ́ thaminá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θᾰμῐνῶς thaminôs				θᾰμῐνώτερος thaminṓteros				θᾰμῐνώτᾰτος thaminṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θαμινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θαμινός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN