χειρομύλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ μῠ́λη (múlē, “mill”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰeː.ro.mý.lɛː/ → /çi.roˈmy.li/ → /çi.roˈmi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰeː.ro.mý.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰi.roˈmy.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çi.roˈmy.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çi.roˈmy.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çi.roˈmi.li/

Noun

χειρομῠ́λη • (kheiromúlē) f (genitive χειρομῠ́λης); first declension

1. handmill

Declension

First declension of ἡ χειρομῠ́λη; τῆς χειρομῠ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χειρομῠ́λη hē kheiromúlē	τὼ χειρομῠ́λᾱ tṑ kheiromúlā	αἱ χειρομῠ́λαι hai kheiromúlai
Genitive	τῆς χειρομῠ́λης tês kheiromúlēs	τοῖν χειρομῠ́λαιν toîn kheiromúlain	τῶν χειρομῠλῶν tôn kheiromulôn
Dative	τῇ χειρομῠ́λῃ têi kheiromúlēi	τοῖν χειρομῠ́λαιν toîn kheiromúlain	ταῖς χειρομῠ́λαις taîs kheiromúlais
Accusative	τὴν χειρομῠ́λην tḕn kheiromúlēn	τὼ χειρομῠ́λᾱ tṑ kheiromúlā	τᾱ̀ς χειρομῠ́λᾱς tā̀s kheiromúlās
Vocative	χειρομῠ́λη kheiromúlē	χειρομῠ́λᾱ kheiromúlā	χειρομῠ́λαι kheiromúlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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