ἄσιλλα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, the ending in -ιλλ- points to a Pre-Greek origin. Compare ἅμιλλα (hámilla) and ἄργελλα (árgella).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.sil.la/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.sil.la/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.sil.la/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.sil.la/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.la/
Noun
ἄσῐλλᾰ • (ásilla) f (genitive ἀσῐ́λλης); first declension
- yoke for carrying baskets or pails
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἄσῐλλᾰ; τῆς ἀσῐ́λλης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἄσῐλλᾰ hē ásilla | τὼ ἀσῐ́λλᾱ tṑ asíllā | αἱ ἄσῐλλαι hai ásillai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀσῐ́λλης tês asíllēs | τοῖν ἀσῐ́λλαιν toîn asíllain | τῶν ἀσῐλλῶν tôn asillôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀσῐ́λλῃ têi asíllēi | ἀσῐ́λλαιν asíllain | ταῖς ἀσῐ́λλαις taîs asíllais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἄσῐλλᾰν tḕn ásillan | ἀσῐ́λλᾱ asíllā | τᾱ̀ς ἀσῐ́λλᾱς tā̀s asíllās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄσῐλλᾰ ásilla | ἀσῐ́λλᾱ asíllā | ἄσῐλλαι ásillai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσιλλοφορέω (asillophoréō)
- ἀσιλλοφόρος (asillophóros)
Further reading
- ἄσιλλα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄσιλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσιλλα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN