χέλυς

Ancient Greek

Related to χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”); see there for more.^[1]

χέλῡς or χέλῠς • (khélūs or khélŭs) f (genitive χέλῠος); third declension

tortoise
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 33
lyre
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 25
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 153
- 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 45
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Fragments 314
- 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 448
(astronomy) Lyra, a constellation
- 315 BCE – 240 BCE, Aratus, Phaenomena 268
arched breast, chest
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Anatomy 1
- 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 837

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	χέλῡς khélūs	χέλῠε khélŭe	χέλῠες khélŭes
Genitive	χέλῠος khélŭos	χελῠ́οιῐν khelŭ́oiĭn	χελῠ́ων khelŭ́ōn
Dative	χέλῠῐ̈ / χέλυι khélŭĭ̈ / khélui	χελῠ́οιῐν khelŭ́oiĭn	χελῠ́εσσῐ / χελῠ́εσσῐν / χέλῡσῐ / χέλῡσῐν / χέλῡσσῐ / χέλῡσσῐν khelŭ́essĭ(n) / khélūsĭ(n) / khélūssĭ(n)
Accusative	χέλῡν khélūn	χέλῠε khélŭe	χέλῡς / χέλῠᾰς khélūs / khélŭăs
Vocative	χέλῡ khélū	χέλῠε khélŭe	χέλῠες khélŭes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χέλῠς hē khélŭs	τὼ χέλῠε tṑ khélŭe	αἱ χέλῠες hai khélŭes
Genitive	τῆς χέλῠος tês khélŭos	τοῖν χελῠ́οιν toîn khelŭ́oin	τῶν χελῠ́ων tôn khelŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ χέλῠῐ̈ / χέλυι têi khélŭĭ̈ / khélui	τοῖν χελῠ́οιν toîn khelŭ́oin	ταῖς χέλῠσῐ / χέλῠσῐν taîs khélŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν χέλῠν tḕn khélŭn	τὼ χέλῠε tṑ khélŭe	τᾱ̀ς χέλῡς / χέλῠᾰς tā̀s khélūs / khélŭăs
Vocative	χέλῠ khélŭ	χέλῠε khélŭe	χέλῠες khélŭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χελῡ́νη 2 (> DER > χέλυς, -υος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1623-4