ξυήλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξύω (xúō, “to carve”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.ɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /ksyˈi.li/ → /ksiˈi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.ɛ̌ː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksyˈe̝.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksyˈi.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksyˈi.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiˈi.li/

Noun

ξῠήλη • (xŭḗlē) f (genitive ξῠήλης); first declension

1. whittle, used in shaping a javelin
2. dagger similar to a scythe

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠήλη hē xŭḗlē	τὼ ξῠήλᾱ tṑ xŭḗlā	αἱ ξῠῆλαι hai xŭêlai
Genitive	τῆς ξῠήλης tês xŭḗlēs	τοῖν ξῠήλαιν toîn xŭḗlain	τῶν ξῠηλῶν tôn xŭēlôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠήλῃ têi xŭḗlēi	τοῖν ξῠήλαιν toîn xŭḗlain	ταῖς ξῠήλαις taîs xŭḗlais
Accusative	τὴν ξῠήλην tḕn xŭḗlēn	τὼ ξῠήλᾱ tṑ xŭḗlā	τᾱ̀ς ξῠήλᾱς tā̀s xŭḗlās
Vocative	ξῠήλη xŭḗlē	ξῠήλᾱ xŭḗlā	ξῠῆλαι xŭêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ ξῠήλη; τῆς ξῠήλης (Attic)

Further reading

• “ξυήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ξυήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ξυήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette