θάλασσα [θᾰ],
Attic dialectθᾰλᾰμ-ττα [[ “IG” 12.57] Refs] (but θάλασσα 22.236 [[ (4th c.BC))] Refs 4th c.BC+], ἡ: —sea, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.294, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently of the Mediterranean sea, ἥδε ἡ θ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, 185, 4.39, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ παρ᾽ ἡμῖν θ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113a; ἡ θ. ἡ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.3.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐντὸς καὶ κ. ἡ. λεγομένη θ. [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.18 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ ἔσω θ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 393b29 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἔξω θ., of the Ocean, [[ [prev. author] “Mete.” 350a22 ] Refs]; ἡ Ἀτλαντικὴ θ. [[ [prev. author] “Mu.” 392b22 ] Refs]; ἡ μεγάλη θ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 73 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a salt lake, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 351a9; ἐς θάλασσαν τὴν τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.33; πέλαγος θαλάσσης 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.608 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ θάλασσαν by sea, opposed to πεζῇ, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to κατὰ γῆς, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28 codices ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατά τε γῆν καὶ κατὰ θ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 241a; χέρσον καὶ θ. ἐκπερῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 240 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς θ. ἀνθεκτέα ἐστί one must engage in maritime affairs, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ περὶ τὴν θ. sea-faring men, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 598b24, compare “Pol.” 1291b20; θ. καὶ πῦρ καὶ γυνὴ—τρίτον κακόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 231, compare 264: _metaphorically_, κακῶν θ] Refs 4th c.BC+] a sea of troubles, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 758 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ Κρὴς τὴν θ. (i.e. ἀγνοεῖ), of pretended ignorance, [[ 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs]