πήλινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πηλός (pēlós, “clay”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛ̌ː.li.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpe̝.li.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.li.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.li.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.li.nos/
Adjective
πήλῐνος • (pḗlĭnos) m (feminine πηλῐ́νη, neuter πήλῐνον); first/second declension
- of clay
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Demosthenes 11.6:
- τοὺς δὲ τοίχους πηλίνους ἔχωμεν.
- toùs dè toíkhous pēlínous ékhōmen.
- we have house-walls of clay.
- τοὺς δὲ τοίχους πηλίνους ἔχωμεν.
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πήλῐνος pḗlĭnos |
πηλῐ́νη pēlĭ́nē |
πήλῐνον pḗlĭnon |
πηλῐ́νω pēlĭ́nō |
πηλῐ́νᾱ pēlĭ́nā |
πηλῐ́νω pēlĭ́nō |
πήλῐνοι pḗlĭnoi |
πήλῐναι pḗlĭnai |
πήλῐνᾰ pḗlĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | πηλῐ́νου pēlĭ́nou |
πηλῐ́νης pēlĭ́nēs |
πηλῐ́νου pēlĭ́nou |
πηλῐ́νοιν pēlĭ́noin |
πηλῐ́ναιν pēlĭ́nain |
πηλῐ́νοιν pēlĭ́noin |
πηλῐ́νων pēlĭ́nōn |
πηλῐ́νων pēlĭ́nōn |
πηλῐ́νων pēlĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | πηλῐ́νῳ pēlĭ́nōi |
πηλῐ́νῃ pēlĭ́nēi |
πηλῐ́νῳ pēlĭ́nōi |
πηλῐ́νοιν pēlĭ́noin |
πηλῐ́ναιν pēlĭ́nain |
πηλῐ́νοιν pēlĭ́noin |
πηλῐ́νοις pēlĭ́nois |
πηλῐ́ναις pēlĭ́nais |
πηλῐ́νοις pēlĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | πήλῐνον pḗlĭnon |
πηλῐ́νην pēlĭ́nēn |
πήλῐνον pḗlĭnon |
πηλῐ́νω pēlĭ́nō |
πηλῐ́νᾱ pēlĭ́nā |
πηλῐ́νω pēlĭ́nō |
πηλῐ́νους pēlĭ́nous |
πηλῐ́νᾱς pēlĭ́nās |
πήλῐνᾰ pḗlĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | πήλῐνε pḗlĭne |
πηλῐ́νη pēlĭ́nē |
πήλῐνον pḗlĭnon |
πηλῐ́νω pēlĭ́nō |
πηλῐ́νᾱ pēlĭ́nā |
πηλῐ́νω pēlĭ́nō |
πήλῐνοι pḗlĭnoi |
πήλῐναι pḗlĭnai |
πήλῐνᾰ pḗlĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πηλῐ́νως pēlĭ́nōs |
πηλῐνώτερος pēlĭnṓteros |
πηλῐνώτᾰτος pēlĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: πήλινος (pílinos)
Further reading
- “πήλινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πήλινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πήλινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πήλινος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πήλῐνος (pḗlĭnos).
Pronunciation
Adjective
πήλινος • (pílinos) m (feminine πήλινη, neuter πήλινο)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | πήλινος (pílinos) | πήλινη (pílini) | πήλινο (pílino) | πήλινοι (pílinoi) | πήλινες (pílines) | πήλινα (pílina) | |
| genitive | πήλινου (pílinou) | πήλινης (pílinis) | πήλινου (pílinou) | πήλινων (pílinon) | πήλινων (pílinon) | πήλινων (pílinon) | |
| accusative | πήλινο (pílino) | πήλινη (pílini) | πήλινο (pílino) | πήλινους (pílinous) | πήλινες (pílines) | πήλινα (pílina) | |
| vocative | πήλινε (píline) | πήλινη (pílini) | πήλινο (pílino) | πήλινοι (pílinoi) | πήλινες (pílines) | πήλινα (pílina) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πήλινος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πήλινος, etc.)
Further reading
- πήλινος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language