ξυλεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) +‎ -εία (-eía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.lěː.aː/ → /ksyˈli.a/ → /ksiˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.lěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksyˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksyˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksyˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiˈli.a/

Noun

ξῠλείᾱ • (xŭleíā) f (genitive ξῠλείᾱς); first declension

1. felling and carrying of wood
2. supply of wood
3. timber, lumber

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠλείᾱ; τῆς ξῠλείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠλείᾱ hē xŭleíā	τὼ ξῠλείᾱ tṑ xŭleíā	αἱ ξῠλεῖαι hai xŭleîai
Genitive	τῆς ξῠλείᾱς tês xŭleíās	τοῖν ξῠλείαιν toîn xŭleíain	τῶν ξῠλειῶν tôn xŭleiôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠλείᾳ têi xŭleíāi	τοῖν ξῠλείαιν toîn xŭleíain	ταῖς ξῠλείαις taîs xŭleíais
Accusative	τὴν ξῠλείᾱν tḕn xŭleíān	τὼ ξῠλείᾱ tṑ xŭleíā	τᾱ̀ς ξῠλείᾱς tā̀s xŭleíās
Vocative	ξῠλείᾱ xŭleíā	ξῠλείᾱ xŭleíā	ξῠλεῖαι xŭleîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ξυλεία (xyleía)

Further reading

• “ξυλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ξυλεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

ξυλεία • (xyleía) f (uncountable)

1. timber, lumber

Declension

Declension of ξυλεία

	singular
nominative	ξυλεία (xyleía)
genitive	ξυλείας (xyleías)
accusative	ξυλεία (xyleía)
vocative	ξυλεία (xyleía)

Related terms

• ξύλο n (xýlo, “wood”)