chilias

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χῑλιάς (khīliás, “a thousand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰiː.li.as/, [ˈkʰiːlʲiäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.li.as/, [ˈkiːliäs]

Noun

chīlias f (genitive chīliadis); third declension

1. 1000, the number one thousand
2. chiliad, a group of 1000 things
3. millennium, a group of 1000 years

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chīlias	chīliadēs
Genitive	chīliadis	chīliadum
Dative	chīliadī	chīliadibus
Accusative	chīliadem	chīliadēs
Ablative	chīliade	chīliadibus
Vocative	chīlias	chīliadēs

Descendants

• English: chiliad
• French: chiliade

See also

• mīlle

References

• “chilias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• chilias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.