Κίλισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κίλιξ (Kílix) +‎ -ισσα (-issa).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kí.lis.sa/ → /ˈci.lis.sa/ → /ˈci.li.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kí.lis.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.lis.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.lis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.lis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.li.sa/

Noun

Κίλισσᾰ • (Kílissa) f (genitive Κιλίσσης); first declension

1. Cilician woman

Proper noun

Κίλισσᾰ • (Kílissa) f (genitive Κιλίσσης); first declension

1. a female given name meaning “Cilician woman”

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῐ́λῐσσᾰ; τῆς Κῐλῐ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Κῐ́λῐσσᾰ hē Kílissa	τὼ Κῐλῐ́σσᾱ tṑ Kilíssā	αἱ Κῐ́λῐσσαι hai Kílissai
Genitive	τῆς Κῐλῐ́σσης tês Kilíssēs	τοῖν Κῐλῐ́σσαιν toîn Kilíssain	τῶν Κῐλῐσσῶν tôn Kilissôn
Dative	τῇ Κῐλῐ́σσῃ têi Kilíssēi	τοῖν Κῐλῐ́σσαιν toîn Kilíssain	ταῖς Κῐλῐ́σσαις taîs Kilíssais
Accusative	τὴν Κῐ́λῐσσᾰν tḕn Kílissan	τὼ Κῐλῐ́σσᾱ tṑ Kilíssā	τᾱ̀ς Κῐλῐ́σσᾱς tā̀s Kilíssās
Vocative	Κῐ́λῐσσᾰ Kílissa	Κῐλῐ́σσᾱ Kilíssā	Κῐ́λῐσσαι Kílissai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Κίλισσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Κίλισσα - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “Κίλισσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press