θᾰλᾰμ-ιός (thalamios)

What it meant — LSJ

of, belonging to the θάλαμος

of or belonging to the θάλαμος: as Subst.,

I

θαλαμιός, ὁ, = θαλαμίτης, Th. 4.32 (gen. pl., perh. fr. θαλαμίας), S. Fr. 1052 (dub.).

II the oar of the θαλαμίτης

θαλαμιά, Ion. -ιή (sc. κώπη), ἡ, the oar of the θαλαμίτης, Ar. Ach. 553 (pl.): pl., IG 2(2).1604.55.

2 the hole in the shipʼs side, through which this oar worked, this hole

(sc. ὀπή) the hole in the shipʼs side, through which this oar worked, διὰ θαλαμιῆς διελεῖν τινα to place a man so that his upper half projected through this hole, Hdt. 5.33: metaph., Ar. Pax 1232.

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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