Κίλιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek, possibly Anatolian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kí.liks/ → /ˈci.liks/ → /ˈci.liks/

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

Noun

Κῐ́λῐξ • (Kílix) m (genitive Κῐ́λῐκος); third declension

1. a Cilician

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κῐ́λῐξ; τοῦ Κῐ́λῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κῐ́λῐξ ho Kílix	τὼ Κῐ́λῐκε tṑ Kílike	οἱ Κῐ́λῐκες hoi Kílikes
Genitive	τοῦ Κῐ́λῐκος toû Kílikos	τοῖν Κῐλῐ́κοιν toîn Kilíkoin	τῶν Κῐλῐ́κων tôn Kilíkōn
Dative	τῷ Κῐ́λῐκῐ tôi Kíliki	τοῖν Κῐλῐ́κοιν toîn Kilíkoin	τοῖς Κῐ́λῐξῐ / Κῐ́λῐξῐν toîs Kílixi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κῐ́λῐκᾰ tòn Kílika	τὼ Κῐ́λῐκε tṑ Kílike	τοὺς Κῐ́λῐκᾰς toùs Kílikas
Vocative	Κῐ́λῐξ Kílix	Κῐ́λῐκε Kílike	Κῐ́λῐκες Kílikes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κιλικία (Kilikía)
• Κίλισσα (Kílissa)

Descendants

• Greek: Κίλικας (Kílikas), Κίλιξ (Kílix) (Katharevousa); plural Κίλικες (Kílikes)

Further reading

• “Κίλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κίλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Κίλιξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006