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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of κλίνω (klínō, “to lie down, recline”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kli.sí.aː/ → /kliˈsi.a/ → /kliˈsi.a/
Noun
κλῐσίᾱ • (klisíā) f (genitive κλῐσίᾱς); first declension
- hut
- Synonym: καλύβη (kalúbē)
Declension
Further reading
- “κλισία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλισίη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963