σάλασσα

σάλασσα

fem nom /voc sg (doric)

σάλασσα, [full] σαλασσομέδοισα, [dialect] Dor.for θάλ-.

σάλασσα

fem gen pl (doric)

σάλασσα

fem gen pl (doric)

θάλασσα [pron. full] [θᾰ], [dialect] Att.[suff] θᾰλᾰμ-ττα IG12.57 (but

A

θάλασσα 22.236

(338/7 B.C.)), ἡ: — sea, Il.2.294, etc.: freq. of the Mediterranean sea, ἥδε ἡ θ. Hdt.1.1, 185, 4.39, etc.; ἡ παρ' ἡμῖν θ. Pl.Phd. 113a;

ἡ θ. ἡ καθ' ἡμᾶς Plb.1.3.9

; ἡ ἐντὸς καὶ κ. ἡ. λεγομένη θ. Str.2.5.18; ἡ ἔσω θ. Arist.Mu. 393b29; ἡ ἔξω 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 τὴν τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου Hdt.2.33

;

πέλαγος θαλάσσης A.R.2.608

; κατὰ θάλασσαν by sea, opp. πεζῇ, Hdt.5.63; opp. κατὰ γῆς, Th.7.28 codd.; κατά τε γῆν καὶ κατὰ θ. Pl.Mx. 241a;

χέρσον καὶ θ. ἐκπερῶν A.Eu. 240

; τῆς θ. ἀνθεκτέα ἐστί one must engage in maritime affairs, Th.1.93; οἱ περὶ τὴν θ. sea-faring men, Arist.HA 598b24, cf. Pol. 1291b20;

θ. καὶ πῦρ καὶ γυνὴ—τρίτον κακόν Men.Mon. 231

, cf. 264: metaph., κακῶν θ a sea of troubles, A.Th. 758 (lyr.); ὁ Κρὴς τὴν θ. (sc. ἀγνοεῖ), of pretended ignorance, Suid.

2 sea-water, ἔστω ἐν χαλκῷ 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.

5 χαλκῆ θ. laver, ib.2 Ki.8.8.

6 θ. κοίλη wooden theatre, Paus.Gr.Fr.208 (= Com.Adesp.864).—For the [dialect] Lacon. form σάλασσα, v. θαλασσομέδων.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `turbulent movement of the sea, flushing of the waves', also `anchorage, roads' as opposed to a protected harbour (S., E., Lys., hell. a. late), metaph. of an earthquake (E. IT 46), `turbulent emotion' (LXX, Gal., Max. Tyr.; cf. ἀσαλής, σάλη below).

Compounds: Some late compp., e.g. ἐπί-σαλος `exposed to the σάλος' (Secund., Peripl. M. Rubr. a.o.); prob. also in the ep. κονί-σαλος `cloud of dust' (s. κόνις). With transference to the σ-stems ἀ-σαλής `unshaken, unconcerned' (A. Fr. 319 = 634 M.) with ἀσάλ-εια f. = ἀμεριμνία, ἀλογιστία (Sophr. 113), ἀσαλεῖν ἀφροντιστῆσαι H.; to this, prob. as backformation, σάλη, σάλᾱ f. = φροντίς (Et. Gen., H.).

Derivatives: Denomin.: 1. σαλεύω, also w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, δια-, prop. of the ship `to roll (on the waves), to throw oneself about, to oscillate', trans. `to make oscillate, to shock' (Att. since A., also Hp., hell. a. late) with σάλευσις ( δια-) f. `oscillation' (Arist. a.o.), σάλευμα n. `id.' (D. Chr.). 2. σαλόομαι `to go with a rocking motion' (EM as explanation of σαλάκων). -- With velar suffix: 1. σάλαξ, - ακος m. `large sieve of mineworkers' (Arist. or Thphr. ap. Poll.), also as Att. name of a potter ( Σάλαχς; Krahe IF 57, 113), - αγξ μεταλλικὸν σκεῦος H.; σαλάκων, - ωνος m. `boaster, swaggerer, dandy' (Arist.; of the varying Ganges) with σαλακων-ία (- εία) f. (Arist., Alciphr.), - ίζω ( δια- Ar.), - ίζομαι, - εύομαι (H., Phot., Suid.); σαλάσσω ( ἐκ-) `to shake' (Nic., AP), prob. directly from σάλος after τινάσσω, ταράσσω a.o. 2. σαλαγέω = σαλάσσω, σαλεύω (Opp., Orac. ap. Luc.), σαλαγή βοή H.; cf. πατα-γέω, - σσω.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Orig. technical word of sailors language; without convincing etymology. A very doubtful hypothesis (Lat. tullius etc.) s. τύλη, τύλος. -- Furnée 256 connects θάλασσα\/* σάλασσα (s.v.) and ζάλη, ζάλος `tornado, whirlpool' and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek. This is confirmed\/shown by the suffixes - αγ-, - ακ-, - αγκ-; cf. σηλαγγεύς (s.v.). -- Lat. LW [loanword] salus, salum ?

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