combining form from Gr. θάλαττα, Attic for θάλασσα sea, THALASSO-, as in Thalattocracy, Thalattocraty = THALASSOCRACY; Thalattology, that branch of science which treats of the sea.
1839. T. Mitchell, Frogs of Aristoph., Introd. 80. The first thalattocracy which the history of the world supplies.
1874. Proc. Physical Soc. Lond., 7 Nov., I. 53. A sufficient theory of thalattology.
1886. Eng. Hist. Rev., I. 626. To reduce the Kyklades and establish a thalattokraty.
