τειχεσιπλῆτα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From dative case τοῖς τείχεσῐν (teíkhesin) of τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall -of a city-”) + πλήτης (“one who approaches”) from verb πελάζω (pelázō, “approach”) (also from πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “fill”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /teː.kʰe.si.plɛ̂ː.ta/ → /ti.çe.siˈpli.ta/ → /ti.çe.siˈpli.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /teː.kʰe.si.plɛ̂ː.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti.kʰe.siˈple̝.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.çe.siˈpli.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.çe.siˈpli.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.çe.siˈpli.ta/

Noun

τειχεσῐπλῆτᾰ • (teikhesiplêta) m

1. vocative singular of τειχεσιπλήτης (teikhesiplḗtēs):

   approacher of walls, stormer of cities (epithet of Ares (Mars))

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.31:

     Ἆρες Ἄρες βροτολοιγὲ μιαιφόνε τειχεσιπλῆτα

     Âres Áres brotoloigè miaiphóne teikhesiplêta

     Ares, Ares, thou bane of mortals, thou blood-stained stormer of walls

     English translation by A.T. Murray @perseus

     Goddess Athena addresses Ares (Mars).

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.455

     Apollo speaks the same phrase: Ἆρες Ἄρες βροτολοιγὲ μιαιφόνε τειχεσιπλῆτα (Âres Áres brotoloigè miaiphóne teikhesiplêta)

Usage notes

• This is the only case form found of this noun.

References

• “τειχεσιπλῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τειχεσιπλῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τειχεσιπλῆτα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers