Τέλλις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tél.lis/ → /ˈtel.lis/ → /ˈte.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tél.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtel.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtel.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtel.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.lis/

Proper noun

Τέλλῐς • (Téllis) m (genitive Τέλλῐδος); third declension

1. Tellis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Τέλλῐς; τῆς Τέλλῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τέλλῐς hē Téllis
Genitive	τῆς Τέλλῐδος tês Téllidos
Dative	τῇ Τέλλῐδῐ têi Téllidi
Accusative	τὴν Τέλλῐδᾰ tḕn Téllida
Vocative	Τέλλῐς Téllis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Τέλλις (Téllis)
• Latin: Tellis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Τέλλις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette