ἅλυσις

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

 

Noun

ἅλῠσῐς • (hálŭsĭs) f (genitive ἁλῠ́σεως); third declension

  1. chain
  2. link in chain mail

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἅλῠσῐς; τῆς ἁλῠ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἅλῠσῐς
hē hálŭsĭs 		τὼ ἁλῠ́σει
tṑ halŭ́sei 		αἱ ἁλῠ́σεις
hai halŭ́seis
Genitive τῆς ἁλῠ́σεως
tês halŭ́seōs 		τοῖν ἁλῠσέοιν
toîn halŭséoin 		τῶν ἁλῠ́σεων
tôn halŭ́seōn
Dative τῇ ἁλῠ́σει
tēî halŭ́sei 		τοῖν ἁλῠσέοιν
toîn halŭséoin 		ταῖς ἁλῠ́σεσῐ / ἁλῠ́σεσῐν
taîs halŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἅλῠσῐν
tḕn hálŭsĭn 		τὼ ἁλῠ́σει
tṑ halŭ́sei 		τᾱ̀ς ἁλῠ́σεις
tā̀s halŭ́seis
Vocative ἅλῠσῐ
hálŭsĭ 		ἁλῠ́σει
halŭ́sei 		ἁλῠ́σεις
halŭ́seis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἁλυσηδόν (halusēdón)
  • ἁλυσίδιον (halusídion)
  • ἁλυσιδωτός (halusidōtós)
  • ἁλύσιον (halúsion)
  • μονάλυσις (monálusis)

Descendants

  • Coptic: ϩⲁⲗⲩⲥⲓⲥ (halusis)
  • Greek: αλυσίδα (alysída)

References

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