χηλή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

χᾱλᾱ́ (khālā́) – Doric

Etymology

Traditionally connected with χηρᾰμός (khēramós, “hole, hollow”), χήμη (khḗmē, “yawning, gaping”), and χάσκω (kháskō, “I yawn, gape”), but obscure.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛː.lɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰeˈle/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xiˈli/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çiˈli/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈli/

Noun

χηλή • (khēlḗ) f (genitive χηλῆς); first declension

Declension

First declension of ἡ χηλή; τῆς χηλῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χηλή hē khēlḗ	τὼ χηλᾱ́ tṑ khēlā́	αἱ χηλαί hai khēlaí
Genitive	τῆς χηλῆς tês khēlês	τοῖν χηλαῖν toîn khēlaîn	τῶν χηλῶν tôn khēlôn
Dative	τῇ χηλῇ têi khēlêi	τοῖν χηλαῖν toîn khēlaîn	ταῖς χηλαῖς taîs khēlaîs
Accusative	τὴν χηλήν tḕn khēlḗn	τὼ χηλᾱ́ tṑ khēlā́	τᾱ̀ς χηλᾱ́ς tā̀s khēlā́s
Vocative	χηλή khēlḗ	χηλᾱ́ khēlā́	χηλαί khēlaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: chele
- → English: chela
- → Italian: chela

References

χηλή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
χηλή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
χηλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- breakwater idem, page 96.
- hoof idem, page 405.
- jetty idem, page 463.
- mole idem, page 538.
- pier idem, page 612.
- quay idem, page 664.

Greek

Noun

χηλή • (chilí) f

(anatomy) hoof (of an animal)
unguis

Declension

declension of χηλή

	singular	plural
nominative	χηλή •	χηλές •
genitive	χηλής •	χηλών •
accusative	χηλή •	χηλές •
vocative	χηλή •	χηλές •

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