Κίλισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κίλιξ (Kílix) +‎ -ισσα (-issa).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kí.lis.sa/ → /ˈci.lis.sa/ → /ˈci.li.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kí.lis.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.lis.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.lis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.lis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.li.sa/

Noun

Κίλισσᾰ • (Kílissă) f (genitive Κιλίσσης); first declension

1. Cilician woman

Proper noun

Κίλισσᾰ • (Kílissă) f (genitive Κιλίσσης); first declension

1. a female given name meaning “Cilician woman”

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῐ́λῐσσᾰ; τῆς Κῐλῐ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Κῐ́λῐσσᾰ hē Kĭ́lĭssă	τὼ Κῐλῐ́σσᾱ tṑ Kĭlĭ́ssā	αἱ Κῐ́λῐσσαι hai Kĭ́lĭssai
Genitive	τῆς Κῐλῐ́σσης tês Kĭlĭ́ssēs	τοῖν Κῐλῐ́σσαιν toîn Kĭlĭ́ssain	τῶν Κῐλῐσσῶν tôn Kĭlĭssôn
Dative	τῇ Κῐλῐ́σσῃ têi Kĭlĭ́ssēi	τοῖν Κῐλῐ́σσαιν toîn Kĭlĭ́ssain	ταῖς Κῐλῐ́σσαις taîs Kĭlĭ́ssais
Accusative	τὴν Κῐ́λῐσσᾰν tḕn Kĭ́lĭssăn	τὼ Κῐλῐ́σσᾱ tṑ Kĭlĭ́ssā	τᾱ̀ς Κῐλῐ́σσᾱς tā̀s Kĭlĭ́ssās
Vocative	Κῐ́λῐσσᾰ Kĭ́lĭssă	Κῐλῐ́σσᾱ Kĭlĭ́ssā	Κῐ́λῐσσαι Kĭ́lĭssai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Κίλισσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Κίλισσα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “Κίλισσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press