τροχιλεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τροχᾰλῐ́ᾱ (trokhalíā), τροχηλῐ́ᾱ (trokhēlíā), τροχῐλέᾰ (trokhiléa), τροχῐλεῖον (trokhileîon), τροχῐλῐ́ᾱ (trokhilíā)

Etymology

From τροχῐ́λος (trokhílos, “sheave in block and tackle equipment”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tro.kʰi.lěː.aː/ → /tro.çiˈli.a/ → /tro.çiˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tro.kʰi.lěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tro.kʰiˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tro.çiˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tro.çiˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tro.çiˈli.a/

Noun

τροχῐλείᾱ • (trokhileíā) f (genitive τροχῐλείᾱς); first declension

1. block and tackle, system of several pulleys, roof of a windlass

   Synonym: πολῠ́σπᾰστον (polúspaston)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τροχῐλείᾱ; τῆς τροχῐλείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τροχῐλείᾱ hē trokhileíā	τὼ τροχῐλείᾱ tṑ trokhileíā	αἱ τροχῐλεῖαι hai trokhileîai
Genitive	τῆς τροχῐλείᾱς tês trokhileíās	τοῖν τροχῐλείαιν toîn trokhileíain	τῶν τροχῐλειῶν tôn trokhileiôn
Dative	τῇ τροχῐλείᾳ têi trokhileíāi	τοῖν τροχῐλείαιν toîn trokhileíain	ταῖς τροχῐλείαις taîs trokhileíais
Accusative	τὴν τροχῐλείᾱν tḕn trokhileíān	τὼ τροχῐλείᾱ tṑ trokhileíā	τᾱ̀ς τροχῐλείᾱς tā̀s trokhileíās
Vocative	τροχῐλείᾱ trokhileíā	τροχῐλείᾱ trokhileíā	τροχῐλεῖαι trokhileîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τροχῐλῐ́δῐον (trokhilídion, dimunitive)
• τροχῐλώδης (trokhilṓdēs, adjective)

Descendants

• ⇒ Latin: trochlea
  • → Alemannic German: Trüegle
  • → English: trochlea

Further reading

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