χήλινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from χηλός (khēlós, “large chest, coffer”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ː.li.nos/ → /ˈçi.li.nos/ → /ˈçi.li.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ː.li.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰe̝.li.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.li.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.li.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.li.nos/

Adjective

χήλῐνος • (khḗlinos) m (feminine χηλῐ́νη, neuter χήλῐνον); first/second declension

1. netted, plaited

Inflection

First and second declension of χήλῐνος; χηλῐ́νη; χήλῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χήλῐνος khḗlinos	χηλῐ́νη khēlínē	χήλῐνον khḗlinon		χηλῐ́νω khēlínō	χηλῐ́νᾱ khēlínā	χηλῐ́νω khēlínō		χήλῐνοι khḗlinoi	χήλῐναι khḗlinai	χήλῐνᾰ khḗlina
Genitive		χηλῐ́νου khēlínou	χηλῐ́νης khēlínēs	χηλῐ́νου khēlínou		χηλῐ́νοιν khēlínoin	χηλῐ́ναιν khēlínain	χηλῐ́νοιν khēlínoin		χηλῐ́νων khēlínōn	χηλῐ́νων khēlínōn	χηλῐ́νων khēlínōn
Dative		χηλῐ́νῳ khēlínōi	χηλῐ́νῃ khēlínēi	χηλῐ́νῳ khēlínōi		χηλῐ́νοιν khēlínoin	χηλῐ́ναιν khēlínain	χηλῐ́νοιν khēlínoin		χηλῐ́νοις khēlínois	χηλῐ́ναις khēlínais	χηλῐ́νοις khēlínois
Accusative		χήλῐνον khḗlinon	χηλῐ́νην khēlínēn	χήλῐνον khḗlinon		χηλῐ́νω khēlínō	χηλῐ́νᾱ khēlínā	χηλῐ́νω khēlínō		χηλῐ́νους khēlínous	χηλῐ́νᾱς khēlínās	χήλῐνᾰ khḗlina
Vocative		χήλῐνε khḗline	χηλῐ́νη khēlínē	χήλῐνον khḗlinon		χηλῐ́νω khēlínō	χηλῐ́νᾱ khēlínā	χηλῐ́νω khēlínō		χήλῐνοι khḗlinoi	χήλῐναι khḗlinai	χήλῐνᾰ khḗlina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χηλῐ́νως khēlínōs				χηλῐνώτερος khēlinṓteros				χηλῐνώτᾰτος khēlinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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