τεῖχος

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeiǵʰ-. Cognates include Sanskrit देग्धि (degdhi), Latin fingō, and Avestan pairi-daēza.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [téː̀kʰos]
  • (Koine): IPA: [tˈiːkʰo̞s]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [tˈixos]

[edit] Noun

τεῖχος (genitive τείχους or τείχεος); n, third declension; (teikhos)

  1. mound, earth works
  2. wall (especially one enclosing a town or city)
  3. fortified city
  4. fortification, castle

[edit] Inflection

    Third declension of τεῖχος, τείχεος (uncontracted)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τεῖχος τείχεε τείχεᾰ
Genitive τείχεος τειχέοιν τειχέων
Dative τείχεϊ τειχέοιν τείχεσσῐ(ν)
Accusative τεῖχος τείχεε τείχεᾰ
Vocative τεῖχος τείχεε τείχεᾰ
This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. τείχεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.
    Third declension of τεῖχος, τείχους (contracted)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τεῖχος τείχει τείχη
Genitive τείχους τειχοῖν τειχῶν
Dative τείχει τειχοῖν τείχεσῐ(ν)
Accusative τεῖχος τείχει τείχη
Vocative τεῖχος τείχει τείχη
The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm.

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