Θεσσαλός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Θεττᾰλός (Thettalós) Attic
  • Πετθᾰλός (Petthalós) Thessalian
  • Φεττᾰλός (Phettalós) Boeotian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰeťťalós, from Pre-Greek. The variation of the initial consonant between Θ (Th) and Φ (Ph) in different dialects is the reason for reconstructing a labiovelar *kʷʰ.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós) m (genitive Θεσσᾰλοῦ); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Thessalus

Adjective

Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós) m (feminine Θεσσᾰλή, neuter Θεσσᾰλόν); first/second declension

  1. Thessalian

Declension

Noun

Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós) m (genitive Θεσσᾰλοῦ); second declension

  1. an inhabitant of Thessaly; a Thessalian

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Θεσσαλός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Θεσσαλός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Θεσσαλός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Θεσσαλός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
  • 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
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