χεῖλος

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Alternative spellings

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [kʰéː̀los]
  • (Koine): IPA: [cʰˈiːlo̞s]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [çˈilos]

[edit] Noun

χεῖλος (genitive χείλου or χείλεος); n, third declension; (kheilos)

  1. lip
  2. mouth of any animal: snout, beak
  3. edge, brink, brim, rim
  4. shore, or a river or sea

[edit] Inflection

    Third declension of χεῖλος, χείλεος (uncontracted)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χεῖλος χείλεε χείλεᾰ
Genitive χείλεος χειλέοιν χειλῶν/χειλέων
Dative χείλεϊ χειλέοιν χείλεσσῐ(ν)
Accusative χεῖλος χείλεε χείλεᾰ
Vocative χεῖλος χείλεε χείλεᾰ
This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. χείλεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.
    Third declension of χεῖλος, χείλους (contracted)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χεῖλος χείλει χείλη
Genitive χείλους χειλοῖν χειλῶν
Dative χείλει χειλοῖν χείλεσῐ(ν)
Accusative χεῖλος χείλει χείλη
Vocative χεῖλος χείλει χείλη
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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