δίκελλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clearly related to μάκελλα (mákella, “mattock”). Since this word is from Pre-Greek, also δίκελλα (díkella) should be too.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.kel.la/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kel.la/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.cel.la/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.cel.la/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ce.la/

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Noun

δίκελλα • (díkella) f (genitive δικέλλης); first declension

two-pronged fork, hoe
adze, pickaxe, mattock

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δίκελλᾰ; τῆς δικέλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δίκελλᾰ hē díkellă	τὼ δικέλλᾱ tṑ dikéllā	αἱ δίκελλαι hai díkellai
Genitive	τῆς δικέλλης tês dikéllēs	τοῖν δικέλλαιν toîn dikéllain	τῶν δικελλῶν tôn dikellôn
Dative	τῇ δικέλλῃ têi dikéllēi	τοῖν δικέλλαιν toîn dikéllain	ταῖς δικέλλαις taîs dikéllais
Accusative	τὴν δίκελλᾰν tḕn díkellăn	τὼ δικέλλᾱ tṑ dikéllā	τᾱ̀ς δικέλλᾱς tā̀s dikéllās
Vocative	δίκελλᾰ díkellă	δικέλλᾱ dikéllā	δίκελλαι díkellai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δικελλευτής (dikelleutḗs)
δικέλλιον (dikéllion)
δικελλίτης (dikellítēs)
δικελλοειδής (dikelloeidḗs)

Descendants

Greek: δικέλλα (dikélla)
- → Ottoman Turkish: دیكل (dikel)

“δίκελλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“δίκελλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
δίκελλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
δίκελλα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN