chelys
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Ancient Greek χέλῡς (khélūs, “tortoise”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰe.lys/, [ˈkʰɛlʲʏs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈke.lis/, [ˈkɛːlis]
Noun[edit]
chelys f (genitive *chelyos); third declension
Declension[edit]
Forms attested only in the nominative, accusative, and vocative singular. Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chelys | *chelyes |
| Genitive | *chelyos | *chelyum |
| Dative | *chelyi | *chelyibus |
| Accusative | chelyn | *chelyas |
| Ablative | *chelye | *chelyibus |
| Vocative | chelys chely1 |
*chelyes |
1In poetry.
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References[edit]
- “chelys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “chelys”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- chelys in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “chelys”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “chelys”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin