τίλαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root of τίλλω (tíllō, “to pluck”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tí.lai̯/ → /ˈti.lɛ/ → /ˈti.le/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tí.lai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.lɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.lɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.le/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.le/

Proper noun

τῐ́λαι • (tílai) f pl (genitive τῐλῶν); first declension

1. flocks or motes floating in the air

Inflection

First declension of αἱ τῐ́λαι; τῶν τῐλῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ τῐ́λαι hai tílai
Genitive	τῶν τῐλῶν tôn tilôn
Dative	ταῖς τῐ́λαις taîs tílais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς τῐ́λᾱς tā̀s tílās
Vocative	τῐ́λαι tílai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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