τροχιλεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τροχᾰλῐ́ᾱ (trokhălĭ́ā), τροχηλῐ́ᾱ (trokhēlĭ́ā), τροχῐλέᾰ (trokhĭléă), τροχῐλεῖον (trokhĭleîon), τροχῐλῐ́ᾱ (trokhĭlĭ́ā)

Etymology

From τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los, “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 • (trokhĭleíā) f (genitive τροχῐλείᾱς); first declension

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

   Synonym: πολῠ́σπᾰστον (polŭ́spăston)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τροχῐλείᾱ; τῆς τροχῐλείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τροχῐλείᾱ hē trokhĭleíā	τὼ τροχῐλείᾱ tṑ trokhĭleíā	αἱ τροχῐλεῖαι hai trokhĭleîai
Genitive	τῆς τροχῐλείᾱς tês trokhĭleíās	τοῖν τροχῐλείαιν toîn trokhĭleíain	τῶν τροχῐλειῶν tôn trokhĭleiôn
Dative	τῇ τροχῐλείᾳ têi trokhĭleíāi	τοῖν τροχῐλείαιν toîn trokhĭleíain	ταῖς τροχῐλείαις taîs trokhĭleíais
Accusative	τὴν τροχῐλείᾱν tḕn trokhĭleíān	τὼ τροχῐλείᾱ tṑ trokhĭleíā	τᾱ̀ς τροχῐλείᾱς tā̀s trokhĭleíās
Vocative	τροχῐλείᾱ trokhĭleíā	τροχῐλείᾱ trokhĭleíā	τροχῐλεῖαι trokhĭleîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τροχῐλῐ́δῐον (trokhĭlĭ́dĭon, dimunitive)
• τροχῐλώδης (trokhĭlṓdēs, 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