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The Ancient Greek word for sea is
θάλασσα





sea



Translations for sea and their definitions

θάλασσα
     1. n. sea
     2. n. the Mediterranean Sea
     3. n. channel
     4. n. salt water


ἅλς
     1. n. salt (masculine)
     2. n. brine (masculine)
     3. n. sea (feminine)
     4. n. wit


πέλαγος
     1. n. sea


πόντος
     1. n. the sea, usually the Mediterranean
     2. n.          (often combined with epithets in Homer)
           αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνωννῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάᾱν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντονἈτρεΐδης, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει. - For Agamemnon son of Atreus himself had given the Arcadiansstron
           Φοίνῑκες δ' ἄγον ἄνδρες ἐπ' ἠεροειδέα πόντον, - Phoenician men had brought the mixing bowl over the misty sea
           οὐ γάρ πω τέθνηκεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,ἀλλ' ἔτι που ζωὸς κατερῡ́κεται εὐρέϊ πόντῳ,νήσῳ̆ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ, - Athena disguised as Mentes talking to Telemachus:For noble Odysseus hasn't died yet on


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