ἅλυσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Originally "winding", derived from *ϝάλυτις (*wálutis), itself from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Further related to εἰλέω (eiléō, “to turn, roll”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /há.ly.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)a.ly.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ly.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ly.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.sis/
Noun
ἅλῠσῐς • (hálusis) f (genitive ἁλῠ́σεως); third declension
- chain
- link in chain mail
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἅλῠσῐς; τῆς ἁλῠ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἅλῠσῐς hē hálusis | τὼ ἁλῠ́σει tṑ halúsei | αἱ ἁλῠ́σεις hai halúseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἁλῠ́σεως tês halúseōs | τοῖν ἁλῠσέοιν toîn haluséoin | τῶν ἁλῠ́σεων tôn halúseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἁλῠ́σει têi halúsei | τοῖν ἁλῠσέοιν toîn haluséoin | ταῖς ἁλῠ́σεσῐ / ἁλῠ́σεσῐν taîs halúsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἅλῠσῐν tḕn hálusin | τὼ ἁλῠ́σει tṑ halúsei | τᾱ̀ς ἁλῠ́σεις tā̀s halúseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἅλῠσῐ hálusi | ἁλῠ́σει halúsei | ἁλῠ́σεις halúseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἁλυσηδόν (halusēdón)
- ἁλυσίδιον (halusídion)
- ἁλυσιδωτός (halusidōtós)
- ἁλύσιον (halúsion)
- μονάλυσις (monálusis)
Descendants
- Coptic: ϩⲁⲗⲩⲥⲓⲥ (halusis)
- Greek: αλυσίδα (alysída)
References
- ἅλυσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἅλυσις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἅλυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἅλυσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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