Θρᾷσσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine form of Θρᾷξ (Thrâix, Thracian)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Θρᾷσσᾰ (Thrâissa) f (genitive Θρᾴσσης); first declension

  1. female inhabitant of Thrace; Thracian woman, esp. Thracian slave-girl
    • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 174a:
      Θρᾷττά τις ἐμμελὴς καὶ χαρίεσσα θεραπαινὶς ἀποσκῶψαι
      Thrâittá tis emmelḕs kaì kharíessa therapainìs aposkôpsai
      and a neat, witty Thracian servant-girl jeered at him

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Θράσσα (Thrássa)
  • Latin: Thrēissa, Thressa

References

  • Θρᾷσσα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Θρᾷσσα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,027, 1,028
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