τροχιλεία
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τροχᾰλῐ́ᾱ (trokhălĭ́ā), τροχηλῐ́ᾱ (trokhēlĭ́ā), τροχῐλέᾰ (trokhĭléă), τροχῐλεῖον (trokhĭleîon), τροχῐλῐ́ᾱ (trokhĭlĭ́ā)
Etymology
From τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los, “sheave in block and tackle equipment”) + -είᾱ (-eíā, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tro.kʰi.lěː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tro.kʰiˈli.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tro.çiˈli.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tro.çiˈli.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tro.çiˈli.a/
Noun
τροχῐλείᾱ • (trokhĭleíā) f (genitive τροχῐλείᾱς); first declension
- block and tackle, system of several pulleys, roof of a windlass
- Synonym: πολῠ́σπᾰστον (polŭ́spăston)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ τροχῐλείᾱ hē trokhĭleíā |
τὼ τροχῐλείᾱ tṑ trokhĭleíā |
αἱ τροχῐλεῖαι hai trokhĭleîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τροχῐλείᾱς tês trokhĭleíās |
τοῖν τροχῐλείαιν toîn trokhĭleíain |
τῶν τροχῐλειῶν tôn trokhĭleiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τροχῐλείᾳ têi trokhĭleíāi |
τοῖν τροχῐλείαιν toîn trokhĭleíain |
ταῖς τροχῐλείαις taîs trokhĭleíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τροχῐλείᾱν tḕn trokhĭleíān |
τὼ τροχῐλείᾱ tṑ trokhĭleíā |
τᾱ̀ς τροχῐλείᾱς tā̀s trokhĭleíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τροχῐλείᾱ trokhĭleíā |
τροχῐλείᾱ trokhĭleíā |
τροχῐλεῖαι trokhĭleîai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τροχῐλῐ́δῐον (trokhĭlĭ́dĭon, dimunitive)
- τροχῐλώδης (trokhĭlṓdēs, adjective)
Descendants
Further reading
- “τροχιλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τροχιλεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette