χήλινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from χηλός (khēlós, “large chest, coffer”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɛ̌ː.li.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰe̝.li.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.li.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.li.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.li.nos/
Adjective
χήλῐνος • (khḗlinos) m (feminine χηλῐ́νη, neuter χήλῐνον); first/second declension
- netted, plaited
Inflection
First and second declension of χήλῐνος; χηλῐ́νη; χήλῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | χήλῐνος khḗlinos | χηλῐ́νη khēlínē | χήλῐνον khḗlinon | χηλῐ́νω khēlínō | χηλῐ́νᾱ khēlínā | χηλῐ́νω khēlínō | χήλῐνοι khḗlinoi | χήλῐναι khḗlinai | χήλῐνᾰ khḗlina | |||||
Genitive | χηλῐ́νου khēlínou | χηλῐ́νης khēlínēs | χηλῐ́νου khēlínou | χηλῐ́νοιν khēlínoin | χηλῐ́ναιν khēlínain | χηλῐ́νοιν khēlínoin | χηλῐ́νων khēlínōn | χηλῐ́νων khēlínōn | χηλῐ́νων khēlínōn | |||||
Dative | χηλῐ́νῳ khēlínōi | χηλῐ́νῃ khēlínēi | χηλῐ́νῳ khēlínōi | χηλῐ́νοιν khēlínoin | χηλῐ́ναιν khēlínain | χηλῐ́νοιν khēlínoin | χηλῐ́νοις khēlínois | χηλῐ́ναις khēlínais | χηλῐ́νοις khēlínois | |||||
Accusative | χήλῐνον khḗlinon | χηλῐ́νην khēlínēn | χήλῐνον khḗlinon | χηλῐ́νω khēlínō | χηλῐ́νᾱ khēlínā | χηλῐ́νω khēlínō | χηλῐ́νους khēlínous | χηλῐ́νᾱς khēlínās | χήλῐνᾰ khḗlina | |||||
Vocative | χήλῐνε khḗline | χηλῐ́νη khēlínē | χήλῐνον khḗlinon | χηλῐ́νω khēlínō | χηλῐ́νᾱ khēlínā | χηλῐ́νω khēlínō | χήλῐνοι khḗlinoi | χήλῐναι khḗlinai | χήλῐνᾰ khḗlina | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
χηλῐ́νως khēlínōs | χηλῐνώτερος khēlinṓteros | χηλῐνώτᾰτος khēlinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χήλινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χήλινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette