κλειδί
Ancient Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kleː.dí/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kliˈdi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kliˈði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kliˈði/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kliˈði/
Noun edit
κλειδῐ́ • (kleidí) f
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Katharevousa) κλείς (kleís)
Etymology edit
From Byzantine Greek κλειδίν (kleidín), from Ancient Greek κλειδίον (kleidíon), diminutive of κλείς (kleís), from Proto-Hellenic *klāwī́ds, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
κλειδί • (kleidí) n (plural κλειδιά)
- key (an object that goes into the keyhole and as it turns left or right it locks or unlocks a door, drawer, etc.)
- (cryptography) key
- (music) key
- (engineering) wrench
- (construction) keystone (a central wedge-shaped piece of an arch or dome that locks the other pieces in place)
Declension edit
declension of κλειδί
Derived terms edit
- αντικλείδι n (antikleídi, “master key, skeleton key”)
- γαλλικό κλειδί n (gallikó kleidí, “adjustable spanner, wrench”)
- γερμανικό κλειδί n (germanikó kleidí, “spanner, wrench”)
- κλειδώνω (kleidóno, “to lock”)
Related terms edit
- κλειδαριά f (kleidariá, “lock”)
- and see: κλείνω (kleíno, “to shut”)
Further reading edit
- κλειδί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el