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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Originally "winding", derived from *ϝάλυτις (*wálutis), itself from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Further related to εἰλέω (eiléō, “to turn, roll”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /há.ly.sis/ → /ˈa.ly.sis/ → /ˈa.li.sis/
Noun
ἅλῠσῐς • (hálŭsĭs) f (genitive ἁλῠ́σεως); third declension
- chain
- link in chain mail
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References
- “ἅλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἅλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἅλυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἅλυσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN