νωχελής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νωχαλής (nōkhalḗs)

Etymology

Furnée convincingly compares νῶκαρ (nôkar, “lethargy”), which points to Pre-Greek origin. The variant form in -χαλ- leads to the same conclusion.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɔː.kʰe.lɛ̌ːs/ → /no.çeˈlis/ → /no.çeˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɔː.kʰe.lɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /no.kʰeˈle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /no.çeˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /no.çeˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /no.çeˈlis/

Adjective

νωχελής • (nōkhelḗs) m or f (neuter νωχελές); third declension

1. slow, sluggish, dull, languid

   Synonyms: νωθής (nōthḗs), νωθρός (nōthrós)

Declension

Third declension of νωχελής; νωχελές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νωχελής nōkhelḗs	νωχελές nōkhelés		νωχελεῖ nōkheleî	νωχελεῖ nōkheleî		νωχελεῖς nōkheleîs	νωχελῆ nōkhelê
Genitive		νωχελοῦς nōkheloûs	νωχελοῦς nōkheloûs		νωχελοῖν nōkheloîn	νωχελοῖν nōkheloîn		νωχελῶν nōkhelôn	νωχελῶν nōkhelôn
Dative		νωχελεῖ nōkheleî	νωχελεῖ nōkheleî		νωχελοῖν nōkheloîn	νωχελοῖν nōkheloîn		νωχελέσῐ / νωχελέσῐν nōkhelési(n)	νωχελέσῐ / νωχελέσῐν nōkhelési(n)
Accusative		νωχελῆ nōkhelê	νωχελές nōkhelés		νωχελεῖ nōkheleî	νωχελεῖ nōkheleî		νωχελεῖς nōkheleîs	νωχελῆ nōkhelê
Vocative		νωχελές nōkhelés	νωχελές nōkhelés		νωχελεῖ nōkheleî	νωχελεῖ nōkheleî		νωχελεῖς nōkheleîs	νωχελῆ nōkhelê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νωχελῶς nōkhelôs			νωχελέστερος nōkhelésteros			νωχελέστᾰτος nōkheléstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νωχελές (nōkhelés)
• νωχελεύομαι (nōkheleúomai)
• νωχελῐ́ᾱ (nōkhelíā)

 

Further reading

• “νωχελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νωχελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νωχελής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN