χίλιοι

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
10,000
 ←  100  ←  900 ͵α
1,000 		2,000  →  10,000  → 
100
    Cardinal: χῑ́λῐοι (khī́lĭoi)
    Ordinal: χῑλῐοστός (khīlĭostós)
    Adverbial: χῑλῐάκῐς (khīlĭákĭs)

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 • (khī́lĭoi) (feminine χῑ́λῐαι, neuter χῑ́λῐα)

  1. thousand

Inflection

First and second declension of χῑ́λιοι; χῑ́λιαι; χῑ́λιᾰ (Attic)
Number Plural
Case/Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative χῑ́λιοι
khī́lioi 		χῑ́λιαι
khī́liai 		χῑ́λιᾰ
khī́liă
Genitive χῑλίων / χιλιῶν
khīlíōn / khiliôn 		χῑλίων / χιλιῶν
khīlíōn / khiliôn 		χῑλίων / χιλιῶν
khīlíōn / khiliôn
Dative χῑλίοις / χῑλίοισι / χῑλίοισιν
khīlíois / khīlíoisi(n) 		χῑλίαις / χῑλίαισι / χῑλίαισιν
khīlíais / khīlíaisi(n) 		χῑλίοις / χῑλίοισι / χῑλίοισιν
khīlíois / khīlíoisi(n)
Accusative χῑλίους
khīlíous 		χῑλίᾱς
khīlíās 		χῑ́λιᾰ
khī́liă
Vocative χῑ́λιοι
khī́lioi 		χῑ́λιαι
khī́liai 		χῑ́λιᾰ
khī́liă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Singular forms are used with collective nouns.

Descendants

  • Greek: χίλια (chília)
  • Bulgarian: хиляда (hiljada)
  • Pontic Greek: χ̌ίλι̮α (šíli̮a), χ̌ίλα̤ (šílä)
  • English: chiliad

References

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