τροχιλεία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From τροχῐ́λος (trokhílos, “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 • (trokhileíā) f (genitive τροχῐλείᾱς); first declension
- block and tackle, system of several pulleys, roof of a windlass
- Synonym: πολῠ́σπᾰστον (polúspaston)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τροχῐλείᾱ hē trokhileíā |
τὼ τροχῐλείᾱ tṑ trokhileíā |
αἱ τροχῐλεῖαι hai trokhileîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τροχῐλείᾱς tês trokhileíās |
τοῖν τροχῐλείαιν toîn trokhileíain |
τῶν τροχῐλειῶν tôn trokhileiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τροχῐλείᾳ têi trokhileíāi |
τοῖν τροχῐλείαιν toîn trokhileíain |
ταῖς τροχῐλείαις taîs trokhileíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τροχῐλείᾱν tḕn trokhileíān |
τὼ τροχῐλείᾱ tṑ trokhileíā |
τᾱ̀ς τροχῐλείᾱς tā̀s trokhileíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τροχῐλείᾱ trokhileíā |
τροχῐλείᾱ trokhileíā |
τροχῐλεῖαι trokhileîai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τροχῐλῐ́δῐον (trokhilídion, dimunitive)
- τροχῐλώδης (trokhilṓdēs, adjective)
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
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