χέλυς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editRelated to χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”); see there for more.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Homeric)
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰé.lyːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰe.lys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçe.lys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçe.lys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçe.lis/
- (later poetry)
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰé.lys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰe.lys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçe.lys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçe.lys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçe.lis/
Noun
editχέλῡς or χέλῠς • (khélūs or khélus) f (genitive χέλῠος); third declension
- tortoise
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 33
- lyre
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 25
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 153
- (astronomy) Lyra, a constellation
- arched breast, chest
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | χέλῡς khélūs |
χέλῠε khélue |
χέλῠες khélues | ||||||||||
Genitive | χέλῠος khéluos |
χελῠ́οιῐν khelúoiin |
χελῠ́ων khelúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | χέλῠῐ̈ / χέλυι khéluï / khélui |
χελῠ́οιῐν khelúoiin |
χελῠ́εσσῐ / χελῠ́εσσῐν / χέλῡσῐ / χέλῡσῐν / χέλῡσσῐ / χέλῡσσῐν khelúessi(n) / khélūsi(n) / khélūssi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | χέλῡν khélūn |
χέλῠε khélue |
χέλῡς / χέλῠᾰς khélūs / khéluas | ||||||||||
Vocative | χέλῡ khélū |
χέλῠε khélue |
χέλῠες khélues | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χέλῠς hē khélus |
τὼ χέλῠε tṑ khélue |
αἱ χέλῠες hai khélues | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χέλῠος tês khéluos |
τοῖν χελῠ́οιν toîn khelúoin |
τῶν χελῠ́ων tôn khelúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χέλῠῐ̈ / χέλυι têi khéluï / khélui |
τοῖν χελῠ́οιν toîn khelúoin |
ταῖς χέλῠσῐ / χέλῠσῐν taîs khélusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χέλῠν tḕn khélun |
τὼ χέλῠε tṑ khélue |
τᾱ̀ς χέλῡς / χέλῠᾰς tā̀s khélūs / khéluas | ||||||||||
Vocative | χέλῠ khélu |
χέλῠε khélue |
χέλῠες khélues | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- χέλῠδρος (khéludros)
Descendants
edit- Latin: chelys
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χελῡ́νη 2 (> DER > χέλυς, -υος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1623-4
Further reading
edit- “χέλυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χέλυς”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χέλυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χέλυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- lyre idem, page 506.
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