LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

thalamus

thalamus m (genitive thalamī)
Classical[ˈtʰa.ɫa.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtaː.la.mus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinebedroom
  2. masculinemarriage bed
    crēdit amāns thalamōsque parat, dēdūcitur illūc Ānna tegēns voltus, ut nova nūpta, suōs.The lover believes her, and prepares a bedchamber. Anna, covering her face as a new bride, is escorted to it. (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.689–690
  3. figurativelymasculinemarriage

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

cubiculum coniugum; etiam ipsae nūptiae.
thalamus -ī m — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativethalamusthalamī
genitivethalamīthalamōrum
dativethalamōthalamīs
accusativethalamumthalamōs
ablativethalamōthalamīs
vocativethalamethalamī

thălămus, i, m., = θάλαμος,
I. an inner room, chamber, apartment (poet.).
I. Lit
A. In gen.: Pars secreta domus ... Tres habuit thalamos, quorum tu, Pandrose, dextrum, Aglauros laevum, medium possederat Herse, Ov. M. 2, 738: ferreique Eumenidum thalami, Verg. A. 6, 280; cf.: delubra ei gemina, quae vocant thalamos, Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 185; and of bees: ubi jam thalamis se conposuere, Verg. G. 4, 189.—
B. Esp., a sleeping-room, bedchamber (cf.: cubiculum, dormitorium, cubile), Verg. A. 6, 623; Ov. M. 10, 456; id. H. 12, 57 al.; cf. Vitr. 6, 10.—
II. Transf.
A. A marriage - bed, bridal-bed (cf.: lectus, conjugium, conubium), Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 14; 3, 7 (4, 6), 49; Petr. 26.—Hence,
B. Transf., marriage, wedlock (very freq. both in sing. and plur.); sing.: thalami expers vitam Degere, Verg. A. 4, 550; cf.: si non pertaesum thalami taedaeque fuisset, id. ib. 4, 18: quantum in conubio natae thalamoque moratur, id. ib. 7, 253; so id. ib. 7, 388; 9, 594; Ov. M. 3, 267; 10, 571; Stat. Th. 5, 463 al. — Plur.: thalamos ne desere pactos, Verg. A. 10, 649; Ov M. 1, 658; 7, 22; 12, 193; id. Am. 1, 8, 19; id. F. 3, 689; Hor. C. 1, 15, 16; Mart. 10, 63, 7; Sen. Agam. 256; 992; Val. Fl. 1, 226.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos, “inner room”), especially from Homer.

Descendants
  • Catalantàlem
  • Englishthalamus
  • Frenchthalamus
  • Italiantalamo
  • Spanishtálamo
  • Asturiantálamu
  • Asturiantalamera
  • Galiciantambo
  • Siciliantàlamu

In English words that came into English from thalamus

  • thalamusthalamus

Quick answers

What does thalamus mean in Latin?
thalamus, a noun, means “marriage”.
What is the genitive of thalamus?
The genitive singular is thalamī. thalamus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce thalamus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtʰa.ɫa.mʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtaː.la.mus].