κλειδί

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kleː.dí/ → /kliˈði/ → /kliˈði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kleː.dí/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kliˈdi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/

Noun

κλειδῐ́ • (kleidí) f

1. dative singular of κλείς (kleís)

Greek

Alternative forms

• (Katharevousa) κλείς (kleís)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [kliˈði]
• Hyphenation: κλει‧δί
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

κλειδί • (kleidí) n (plural κλειδιά)

1. key (an object that goes into the keyhole and as it turns left or right it locks or unlocks a door, drawer, etc.)
2. (cryptography) key
3. (music) key
4. (engineering) wrench
5. (construction) keystone (a central wedge-shaped piece of an arch or dome that locks the other pieces in place)

Declension

Declension of κλειδί

	singular	plural
nominative	κλειδί •	κλειδιά •
genitive	κλειδιού •	κλειδιών •
accusative	κλειδί •	κλειδιά •
vocative	κλειδί •	κλειδιά •

Derived terms

• 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

• κλειδαριά f (kleidariá, “lock”)

• and see: κλείνω (kleíno, “to shut”)

Further reading

• κλειδί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el