A.“θάλασσα” 22.236（338/7 B.C.)), ἡ: —sea, Il.2.294, etc.: freq. of the Mediterranean sea, ἥδ ε ἡ θ . Hdt.1.1, 185, 4.39, etc.; ἡ π α ρ ᾽ ἡμ ῖν θ . Pl.Phd.113a; “ἡ θ . ἡ κ α θ ᾽ ἡμ ᾶς” Plb.1.3.9; ἡ ἐν τ ὸς κ α ὶ κ . ἡ. λεγομένη θ . Str.2.5.18; ἡ ἔσ ω θ . Arist.Mu.393b29; ἡ ἔξ ω θ ., of the Ocean, Id.Mete.350a22; ἡ Ἀτλαντικὴ θ . Id.Mu.392b22; ἡ μεγάλη θ . Plu.Alex.73; of a salt lake, Arist.Mete.351a9; “ἐς θάλασσαν τ ὴν τ ο ῦ Ε ὐξείνου πόντου” Hdt.2.33; “πέλαγος θαλάσσης” A.R.2.608; κ α τ ὰ θάλασσαν by sea, opp. π ε ζ ῇ, Hdt.5.63; opp. κ α τ ὰ γ ῆς, Th.7.28 codd.; κατά τ ε γ ῆν κ α ὶ κ α τ ὰ θ . Pl.Mx.241a; “χέρσον κ α ὶ θ . ἐκπερῶν ” A.Eu.240; τ ῆς θ . ἀνθεκτέα ἐστί one must engage in maritime affairs, Th.1.93; ο ἱ π ε ρ ὶ τ ὴν θ . sea-faring men, Arist.HA598b24, cf. Pol.1291b20; “θ . κ α ὶ π ῦρ κ α ὶ γ υ ν ὴ—τρίτον κακόν” Men.Mon.231, cf.264: metaph., κ α κ ῶν θ a sea of troubles, A.Th.758 (lyr.); ὁ Κ ρ ὴς τ ὴν θ . (sc. ἀγνοεῖ), of pretended ignorance, Suid.
2. sea-water, ἔσ τ ω ἐν χ α λ κ ῷ ἡ θ . Hp.Coac.427, cf. Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.3.121d, Moschio ib.5.208a, Plb.16.5.4, Dsc.2.83.
3. well of salt water, said to be produced by a stroke of Poseidon's trident, in the Acropolis at Athens, Hdt.8.55; “θ . Ἐρεχθηΐς” Apollod.3.14.1.
4. channel, LXX 3 Ki.18.32.
6. θ . κοίλη wooden theatre, Paus.Gr.Fr.208 (= Com.Adesp.864).—For the Lacon. form σάλασσα, v. θαλασσομέδων.
