ξυήλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξύω (xúō, “to carve”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.ɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /ksyˈi.li/ → /ksiˈi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.ɛ̌ː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksyˈe̝.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksyˈi.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksyˈi.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiˈi.li/

Noun

ξῠήλη • (xuḗlē) f (genitive ξῠήλης); first declension

1. whittle, used in shaping a javelin
2. dagger similar to a scythe

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠήλη; τῆς ξῠήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠήλη hē xuḗlē	τὼ ξῠήλᾱ tṑ xuḗlā	αἱ ξῠῆλαι hai xuêlai
Genitive	τῆς ξῠήλης tês xuḗlēs	τοῖν ξῠήλαιν toîn xuḗlain	τῶν ξῠηλῶν tôn xuēlôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠήλῃ têi xuḗlēi	τοῖν ξῠήλαιν toîn xuḗlain	ταῖς ξῠήλαις taîs xuḗlais
Accusative	τὴν ξῠήλην tḕn xuḗlēn	τὼ ξῠήλᾱ tṑ xuḗlā	τᾱ̀ς ξῠήλᾱς tā̀s xuḗlās
Vocative	ξῠήλη xuḗlē	ξῠήλᾱ xuḗlā	ξῠῆλαι xuêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ξυήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ξυήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ξυήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette