χήλευμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χηλεύω (khēleúō, “to plait, net”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ː.leu̯.ma/ → /ˈçi.leβ.ma/ → /ˈçi.lev.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ː.leu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰe̝.lew.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.leβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.lev.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.lev.ma/

Noun

χήλευμᾰ • (khḗleumă) n (genitive χηλεύμᾰτος); third declension

1. awl

   Synonym: ὄπεας (ópeas)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ χήλευμᾰ; τοῦ χηλεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χήλευμᾰ tò khḗleumă	τὼ χηλεύμᾰτε tṑ khēleúmăte	τᾰ̀ χηλεύμᾰτᾰ tằ khēleúmătă
Genitive	τοῦ χηλεύμᾰτος toû khēleúmătos	τοῖν χηλευμᾰ́τοιν toîn khēleumắtoin	τῶν χηλευμᾰ́των tôn khēleumắtōn
Dative	τῷ χηλεύμᾰτῐ tôi khēleúmătĭ	τοῖν χηλευμᾰ́τοιν toîn khēleumắtoin	τοῖς χηλεύμᾰσῐ / χηλεύμᾰσῐν toîs khēleúmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ χήλευμᾰ tò khḗleumă	τὼ χηλεύμᾰτε tṑ khēleúmăte	τᾰ̀ χηλεύμᾰτᾰ tằ khēleúmătă
Vocative	χήλευμᾰ khḗleumă	χηλεύμᾰτε khēleúmăte	χηλεύμᾰτᾰ khēleúmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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