Unknown. Frisk suggests that this word might have arisen from ἰλύς (ilús, “mud, slime”), by way of contamination with ὑλίζω (hulízō, “to filter, strain”). However, this solution does not inspire much confidence.
ὗλῐς • (hûlis) f (genitive ὕ̄λεως); third declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὗλῐς hē hûlis |
τὼ ῡ̔́λει tṑ hū́lei |
αἱ ῡ̔́λεις hai hū́leis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῡ̔́λεως tês hū́leōs |
τοῖν ῡ̔λέοιν toîn hūléoin |
τῶν ῡ̔́λεων tôn hū́leōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῡ̔́λει têi hū́lei |
τοῖν ῡ̔λέοιν toîn hūléoin |
ταῖς ῡ̔́λεσῐ / ῡ̔́λεσῐν taîs hū́lesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὗλῐν tḕn hûlin |
τὼ ῡ̔́λει tṑ hū́lei |
τᾱ̀ς ῡ̔́λεις tā̀s hū́leis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὗλῐ hûli |
ῡ̔́λει hū́lei |
ῡ̔́λεις hū́leis | ||||||||||
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