ξυλική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantive of ξῠλῐκός (xulikós, “wooden”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.li.kɛ̌ː/ → /ksy.liˈci/ → /ksi.liˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.li.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksy.liˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksy.liˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksy.liˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.liˈci/

Noun

ξῠλῐκή • (xulikḗ) f (genitive ξῠλῐκῆς); first declension

1. a timber monopoly

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠλῐκή; τῆς ξῠλῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠλῐκή hē xulikḗ	τὼ ξῠλῐκᾱ́ tṑ xulikā́	αἱ ξῠλῐκαί hai xulikaí
Genitive	τῆς ξῠλῐκῆς tês xulikês	τοῖν ξῠλῐκαῖν toîn xulikaîn	τῶν ξῠλῐκῶν tôn xulikôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠλῐκῇ têi xulikêi	τοῖν ξῠλῐκαῖν toîn xulikaîn	ταῖς ξῠλῐκαῖς taîs xulikaîs
Accusative	τὴν ξῠλῐκήν tḕn xulikḗn	τὼ ξῠλῐκᾱ́ tṑ xulikā́	τᾱ̀ς ξῠλῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s xulikā́s
Vocative	ξῠλῐκή xulikḗ	ξῠλῐκᾱ́ xulikā́	ξῠλῐκαί xulikaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ξυλική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press