Χείλων

See also: χειλών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰěː.lɔːn/ → /ˈçi.lon/ → /ˈçi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰěː.lɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.lon/

Proper noun

Χείλων • (Kheílōn) m (genitive Χείλωνος); third declension

1. Chilon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Χείλων; τοῦ Χείλωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χείλων ho Kheílōn
Genitive	τοῦ Χείλωνος toû Kheílōnos
Dative	τῷ Χείλωνῐ tôi Kheílōni
Accusative	τὸν Χείλωνᾰ tòn Kheílōna
Vocative	Χείλων Kheílōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Χείλων (Cheílon)
• → Latin: Chīlōn
  • → English: Chilon
• → Old Armenian: Քիղոն (Kʻiłon)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
• Χείλων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette