# θάλαμος
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* θαλάμη (thalámē)

### Etymology

According to Beekes, most likely of Pre-Greek origin and perhaps cognate with θόλος (thólos). Kroonen however reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *dʰl̥h₂-em-o/eh₂-; compare κάλαμος (kálamos), καλάμη (kalámē) for the formation.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰá.la.mos/ → /ˈθa.la.mos/ → /ˈθa.la.mos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /tʰá.la.mos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈtʰa.la.mos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈθa.la.mos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈθa.la.mos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈθa.la.mos/

### Noun

θᾰ́λᾰμος • (thắlămos) m (genitive θᾰλᾰ́μου); second declension
* an inner chamber, room
* a bedroom
* a bed

#### Derived terms

* ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios)
* θαλαμηπόλος (thalamēpólos)

#### Descendants

* Greek: θάλαμος (thálamos)
* → Latin: thalamus
** → Catalan: tàlem
** → English: thalamus
** → French: thalamus
** Galician: tambo (obsolete)
** Italian: talamo
** Sicilian: tàlamu
** Spanish: tálamo

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530
* ↑ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dala-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87: “Gr. θαλάμη ‘den, lair’ < *dʰlh₂-em-eh₂-”

### Further reading

* “θάλαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “θάλαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “θάλαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* θάλαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* θάλαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “θάλαμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* θάλαμος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. bedroom idem, page 69.bridal idem, page 97.chamber idem, page 123.marriage chamber idem, page 515.treasure house idem, page 892.

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈθa.la.mos/

### Noun

θάλαμος • (thálamos) m (plural θάλαμοι)
* room, chamber
* hospital ward, barrack room
* compartment, cabin
* (anatomy) thalamus (brain)

#### Related terms

* αντιθάλαμος m (antithálamos, “anteroom, antechamber”)
* θαλάμη f (thalámi, “chamber, nest”)
* θαλαμηγός f (thalamigós, “yacht”)
* θαλαμηπόλος (thalamipólos, “steward, room attendant”)
* θαλάμι n (thalámi, “nest”)
* θαλαμίσκος m (thalamískos, “cage, cabin”)

### Further reading

* θάλαμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language