σελίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clearly related to σέλμα (sélma, “deck of a ship”). These words have been compared to Old English selma and syll, and to German Schwelle (“threshold”), but phonetically this etymology is unconvincing. If the gloss cited by Hesychius, ἔλματα (élmata, “planking”), is cognate, then the σελμα-ἔλμα alternation would point to a Pre-Greek origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /se.lís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /seˈlis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /seˈlis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /seˈlis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /seˈlis/

Noun

σελίς • (selís) f (genitive σελίδος); third declension

(architecture) crossbeam of stone in ceiling construction
block or sector of seats in a theater
rowing bench
column of writing in a papyrus roll
writing page

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σελῐ́ς; τῆς σελῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σελῐ́ς hē selĭ́s	τὼ σελῐ́δε tṑ selĭ́de	αἱ σελῐ́δες hai selĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς σελῐ́δος tês selĭ́dos	τοῖν σελῐ́δοιν toîn selĭ́doin	τῶν σελῐ́δων tôn selĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ σελῐ́δῐ têi selĭ́dĭ	τοῖν σελῐ́δοιν toîn selĭ́doin	ταῖς σελῐ́σῐ / σελῐ́σῐν taîs selĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σελῐ́δᾰ tḕn selĭ́dă	τὼ σελῐ́δε tṑ selĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς σελῐ́δᾰς tā̀s selĭ́dăs
Vocative	σελῐ́ς selĭ́s	σελῐ́δε selĭ́de	σελῐ́δες selĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

σελιδηφάγος (selidēphágos)
σελίδιον (selídion)
σελίδωμα (selídōma)

Descendants

Greek: σελίδα (selída)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σελίς, ίδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1319-20

σελίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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