χήλευμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χηλεύω (khēleúō, “to plait, net”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ː.leu̯.ma/ → /ˈçi.leβ.ma/ → /ˈçi.lev.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ː.leu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰe̝.lew.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.leβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.lev.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.lev.ma/

Noun

χήλευμᾰ • (khḗleuma) n (genitive χηλεύμᾰτος); third declension

1. awl

   Synonym: ὄπεας (ópeas)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ χήλευμᾰ; τοῦ χηλεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χήλευμᾰ tò khḗleuma	τὼ χηλεύμᾰτε tṑ khēleúmate	τᾰ̀ χηλεύμᾰτᾰ tà khēleúmata
Genitive	τοῦ χηλεύμᾰτος toû khēleúmatos	τοῖν χηλευμᾰ́τοιν toîn khēleumátoin	τῶν χηλευμᾰ́των tôn khēleumátōn
Dative	τῷ χηλεύμᾰτῐ tôi khēleúmati	τοῖν χηλευμᾰ́τοιν toîn khēleumátoin	τοῖς χηλεύμᾰσῐ / χηλεύμᾰσῐν toîs khēleúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ χήλευμᾰ tò khḗleuma	τὼ χηλεύμᾰτε tṑ khēleúmate	τᾰ̀ χηλεύμᾰτᾰ tà khēleúmata
Vocative	χήλευμᾰ khḗleuma	χηλεύμᾰτε khēleúmate	χηλεύμᾰτᾰ khēleúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χήλευμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χήλευμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette