χίλιοι

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : χίλιοι (khílioi)
    Ordinal : χιλιοστός (khiliostós)
    Adverbial : χιλιάκις (khiliákis)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy, from *ǵʰes-, whence χείρ (kheír)), as if meaning “full hand”. Cognates include Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra) and Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

χῑ́λῐοι • (khī́lioi) (feminine χῑ́λῐαι, neuter χῑ́λῐα)

  1. thousand

Inflection

Descendants

References

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