χιλωτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χῑλός (khīlós, “fodder, forage”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰiː.lɔː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /çi.loˈtir/ → /çi.loˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰiː.lɔː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰi.loˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çi.loˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çi.loˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çi.loˈtir/

Noun

χῑλωτήρ • (khīlōtḗr) m (genitive χῑλωτῆρος); third declension

1. nosebag for cattle or horses

Declension

Third declension of ὁ χῑλωτήρ; τοῦ χῑλωτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χῑλωτήρ ho khīlōtḗr	τὼ χῑλωτῆρε tṑ khīlōtêre	οἱ χῑλωτῆρες hoi khīlōtêres
Genitive	τοῦ χῑλωτῆρος toû khīlōtêros	τοῖν χῑλωτήροιν toîn khīlōtḗroin	τῶν χῑλωτήρων tôn khīlōtḗrōn
Dative	τῷ χῑλωτῆρῐ tôi khīlōtêri	τοῖν χῑλωτήροιν toîn khīlōtḗroin	τοῖς χῑλωτῆρσῐ / χῑλωτῆρσῐν toîs khīlōtêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χῑλωτῆρᾰ tòn khīlōtêra	τὼ χῑλωτῆρε tṑ khīlōtêre	τοὺς χῑλωτῆρᾰς toùs khīlōtêras
Vocative	χῑλωτήρ khīlōtḗr	χῑλωτῆρε khīlōtêre	χῑλωτῆρες khīlōtêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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