κλειδί

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kleː.dí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kliˈdi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/

Noun

κλειδῐ́ • (kleidĭ́) f

dative singular of κλείς (kleís)

Greek

Alternative forms

(Katharevousa) κλείς (kleís)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κλειδίν (kleidín), from Ancient Greek κλειδίον (kleidíon), diminutive of κλείς (kleís), from Proto-Hellenic *klāwī́ds, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kliˈði]
Hyphenation: κλει‧δί
Rhymes: -i

Noun

κλειδί • (kleidí) n (plural κλειδιά)

key (an object that goes into the keyhole and as it turns left or right it locks or unlocks a door, drawer, etc.)
(cryptography) key
(music) key
(engineering) wrench
(construction) keystone (a central wedge-shaped piece of an arch or dome that locks the other pieces in place)

Declension

Declension of **κλειδί**
	singular	plural
nominative	κλειδί (kleidí)	κλειδιά (kleidiá)
genitive	κλειδιού (kleidioú)	κλειδιών (kleidión)
accusative	κλειδί (kleidí)	κλειδιά (kleidiá)
vocative	κλειδί (kleidí)	κλειδιά (kleidiá)

Derived terms

αντικλείδι n (antikleídi, “master key, skeleton key”)
γαλλικό κλειδί n (gallikó kleidí, “adjustable spanner, wrench”)
γερμανικό κλειδί n (germanikó kleidí, “spanner, wrench”)
κλειδώνω (kleidóno, “to lock”)

Related terms

κλειδαριά f (kleidariá, “lock”)

and see: κλείνω (kleíno, “to shut”)

Further reading

κλειδί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el