ξυλική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantive of ξῠλῐκός (xŭlĭkós, “wooden”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.li.kɛ̌ː/ → /ksy.liˈci/ → /ksi.liˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.li.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksy.liˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksy.liˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksy.liˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.liˈci/

Noun

ξῠλῐκή • (xŭlĭkḗ) f (genitive ξῠλῐκῆς); first declension

1. a timber monopoly

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠλῐκή; τῆς ξῠλῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠλῐκή hē xŭlĭkḗ	τὼ ξῠλῐκᾱ́ tṑ xŭlĭkā́	αἱ ξῠλῐκαί hai xŭlĭkaí
Genitive	τῆς ξῠλῐκῆς tês xŭlĭkês	τοῖν ξῠλῐκαῖν toîn xŭlĭkaîn	τῶν ξῠλῐκῶν tôn xŭlĭkôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠλῐκῇ têi xŭlĭkêi	τοῖν ξῠλῐκαῖν toîn xŭlĭkaîn	ταῖς ξῠλῐκαῖς taîs xŭlĭkaîs
Accusative	τὴν ξῠλῐκήν tḕn xŭlĭkḗn	τὼ ξῠλῐκᾱ́ tṑ xŭlĭkā́	τᾱ̀ς ξῠλῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s xŭlĭkā́s
Vocative	ξῠλῐκή xŭlĭkḗ	ξῠλῐκᾱ́ xŭlĭkā́	ξῠλῐκαί xŭlĭkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ξυλική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press