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|Definition=[<b class="b3">θᾰ], ὁ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[an inner room]] or <b class="b2">chamber, surrounded by other buildings</b>: freq. in Hom., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> generally, <b class="b2">women's apartment, inner part of the house</b>, like [[μυχός]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.142</span>,<span class="bibl">174</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.121</span>, etc.: in pl., <span class="bibl">Il.18.492</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν ἀνδρεώνων… ἐς τοὺς θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">a special chamber in this part of the house</b>, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> [[bedroom]], esp. of the lady of the house, <span class="bibl">Il.3.423</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.12</span>, <span class="bibl">3.78</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>23</span>; esp. <b class="b2">bride-chamber</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.11.227</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.33</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>913</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>540</span> (lyr., pl.); also, <b class="b2">bedroom of an unmarried son</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.425</span>, <span class="bibl">19.48</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">store-room</b>, esp. for valuables, <span class="bibl">Il.24.191</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.8</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>9.3</span>, etc.; ὄλβου διοίγων θάλαμον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>285.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> generally, [[chamber]], [[room]], <span class="bibl">Od.23.192</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 1144.2</span> (i/ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[house]], [[mansion]] (not in Hom.), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>5.13</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">6.1</span>; <b class="b3">βασιλικοὶ θ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 486</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ὁ παγκοίτας θ</b>., of [[the grave]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>804</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τυμβήρης θ</b>., of the prison of Danae, ib.<span class="bibl">947</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">θάλαμοι ὑπὸ γῆς</b> the [[realms]] below, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>624</span>; γᾶς θάλαμοι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>807</span> (lyr.); θ. Περσεφονείας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1022</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">θ. Ἀμφιτρίτας</b>, of the sea, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>195</span> (lyr.); πολυδένδρεσσιν Ὀλύμπου θαλάμοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>561</span> (lyr., <b class="b3">θαλάμαις</b> cj. Barnes); <b class="b3">ἀρνῶν θ</b>. [[folds]] or [[pens]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span> 57</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">the lowest, darkest part of the ship, the hold</b>, <span class="bibl">Timae. 114</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.87</span>; cf. θαλάμη <span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> used of [[certain mystic shrines]] or [[chapels]], sacred to Apis, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>8.185</span>; [[the innermost shrine]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Syr.D.</span>31</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">inside room at the back of a house</b> (as opposed to <b class="b3">μέγαρον</b>, <b class="b3">δῶμα</b>), as room for women and sleepingroom, also as room for provisions (Il.; on the meaning Wace JournofHellStud. 71, 203ff.), in mariners' language <b class="b2">the lowest deck of a ship</b> (Timae., Poll.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in <b class="b3">θαλαμη-πόλος</b> f., late m. <b class="b2">ladys-maid, -servant; eunuch</b> (Od.; <b class="b3">-η-</b> rhythmically conditioned, Schwyzer 438f.). - <b class="b3">θαλάμη</b> f. <b class="b2">lair, den, cavity of the body</b> (ε 432, E., Hp., Arist.), as nautical term = <b class="b3">θάλαμος</b> (Luc.): on <b class="b3">θάλαμος</b> θάλαμος <b class="b3">-μη</b> Porzig Satzinhalte 284.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">θαλαμιά</b> <b class="b2">rowers shutter on the lowest deck of the ship</b> (Hdt. 5, 33), also <b class="b2">the oar at this deck</b> (Ar. Ach. 533, inscr.); cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 129, on the meaning Morrison Class. Quart. 41, 125ff.; with <b class="b3">θαλαμίας</b> m. <b class="b2">the rower in the θάλαμος or in the θαλαμιά</b> (Th. 4, 32, App., Them.), with this meaning also <b class="b3">θαλάμαξ</b> (Ar. Ra. 1074; Schwyzer 497, Chantraine Formation 381) and <b class="b3">θαλαμίτης</b> (sch. ad loc.). From <b class="b3">θάλαμος</b> still the rare <b class="b3">θαλαμήϊος</b> (Hes. Op. 807, A. R.), <b class="b3">θαλαμαῖος</b> (Ph.), <b class="b3">θαλαμίς</b> (An. Ox.) and the denominative <b class="b3">θαλαμεύομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-εύω</b> <b class="b2">being brought into the θάλαμος, take as wife</b> (Ph., Hld. u. a.) with <b class="b3">θαλαμεύτρια</b> = <b class="b3">νυμφεύτρια</b> (Poll.); <b class="b3">θαλάμευμα</b> = <b class="b3">θάλαμος</b> E. Ba. 120 (lyr.), cf. Chantraine Formation 185; <b class="b3">θαλαμευτός</b> (Tim. Pers. 245).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: reminds of <b class="b3">θόλος</b> (s. v.), further unknown; Pre-Greek origin is quite possible. Acc. to E. Maaß RhM 77, 1ff. also to <b class="b3">θάλος</b>, <b class="b3">θαλλός</b>; well-founded doubts in Wahrmann Glotta 19, 213. Pelasgian etymology in v. Windekens Le Pélasgique 88f.; diff. Haas Jb. f. kleinas. Forsch. 3, 129ff. - [Not to [[ὀφθαλμός]], s. v.]- The structure of the word (CαC-αC-) is typically Pre-Greek; it can be cognate with <b class="b3">θόλος</b> (Fur. 342).