χίλιοι

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : χίλιοι (khílioi)
    Ordinal : χιλιοστός (khiliostós)
    Adverbial : χιλιάκις (khiliákis)

Alternative forms

  • χήλιοι (khḗlioi) written as χέλιοι (khélioi) (Doric)
  • χέλλιοι (khéllioi) Lesbian, Thessalian
  • χείλιοι (kheílioi) Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy, from *ǵʰes-, whence χείρ (kheír)), as if meaning “full hand”. Cognates include Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra) and Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi) , χῑ́λιαι f (khī́liai), χῑ́λια n (khī́lia)

  1. (cardinal) thousand

Inflection

References

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