The corpus record

θᾰλᾰμηπόλ-ος

thalamepolos · ἡ

attendant in a ladyʼs chamber, waiting-maid

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Where it lives

Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

θᾰλᾰμηπόλ-ος · thalamēpol-os — LSJ

attendant in a ladyʼs chamber, waiting-maid

attendant in a ladyʼs chamber, waiting-maid, Od. 7.8, 23.293; but, = ταμίη (cf. θάλαμος I.2 b), A. Th. 359 (lyr.).

2 eunuch of the bedchamber, eunuch-priests of Cybele, a priestess of Cybele

θ., ὁ, in later Gr., eunuch of the bedchamber, Plu. Alex. 30, Agath. 1.7; of the Galli or eunuch-priests of Cybele, AP 6.220 (Diosc.); but also ἡ, a priestess of Cybele, Rhian. 67.1.

II bridegroom

rarely, bridegroom, S. OT 1210 (lyr.).

III bridal

Adj., bridal, ὄρφνη Musae. 231; epith. of Aphrodite, APl. 16.177 (Phil.).

In the wild

θαλαμηπόλος · thalamēpolos Odyssey 23.293
θαλαμηπόλος · thalamēpolos Odyssey 7.8

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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