A.rich, plentiful,: in Ep. always of banquets, “θεῶν ἐν δαιτὶ θαλείῃ” Od.8.76, Hes.Op.742; “θεοῦ ἐς δαῖτα θάλειαν” Od. 3.420, cf. 8.99, Il.7.475; so later, Pherecr.152; πίνειν ἐν δαιτὶ θ. Hermipp.82.11; “θ. ἑορτὴν ἀγάγωμεν” Anacr.54; “Δαὶς θ., πρεσβίστη θεῶν” S.Fr.605; μοῖραν θάλειαν a goodly portion, Pi.N.10.53; θ. ἥβα bloom of youth, B.3.89; without δαίς, dub. cj. for θαλάσσης in Alex. Aet.3.15: in form and accent (cf. ἐλάχεια, λίγεια and Eust.742.36) a fem. Adj., as if from θαλύς: masc. “θαλείοις στέφεσιν” Emp.112.6.
III. as pr. n., Θάλεια, ἡ, one of the Muses, Hes.Th.77; later, the Muse of Comedy, “Θαλίη” AP9.505, cf. Plu.2.744f,746c.
IV. Pythag. name for six, Theol.Ar.38.