The corpus record

θαμέες

thamees · οἱ

crowded, close-set

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Where it lives

Iliad 12 · 1.08/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k

What it meant — LSJ

crowded, close-set, frequent

poet. Adj. used only in pl., crowded, close-set, ὀδόντες . . ὑὸς θαμέες ἔχον Il. 10.264; ὀδόντες πυκνοὶ καὶ θ. Od. 12.92; θαμέες γὰρ ἄκοντες . . ἀΐσσουσι Il. 11.552, 17.661; ἴκρια . . ἀραρὼν θαμέσι σταμίνεσσι Od. 5.252; πυραί, λίθοι θ., Il. 1.52, 12.287; frequent, λυγμοί Nic. Th. 434, Al. 581 (in Comp. θαμειότερος): Comp. θαμύντερος Hsch. Adv. θαμέως,= θαμά, Alc. Supp. 25.5 (dub.), Hp. Superf. 25, Max. 600.

In the wild

θαμειαί · thameiai Iliad 1.52
θαμέες · thamees Iliad 10.264
θαμέες · thamees Iliad 11.552
θαμειαὶ · thameiai Iliad 12.278
θαμειαί · thameiai Iliad 12.287
θαμειὰς · thameias Iliad 12.296

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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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