χεῖλος

See also: χείλος

Ancient Greek

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χεῖλος

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Alternative forms

χῆλος (khêlos) — Doric
χέλλος (khéllos) — Aeolic

Etymology

Unknown. The traditional derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”), and subsequent comparison with Old Norse gjǫlnar (“mustache, bearded lips”) and Old Armenian ձեղուն (jełun, “ceiling, palate”), is unconvincing. See also χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”), which is often associated, though probably not related, with the word.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰêː.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.los/

Noun

χεῖλος • (kheîlos) n (genitive χείλεος or χείλους); third declension

lip
mouth of any animal: snout, beak
edge, brink, brim, rim
shore, or a river or sea

Declension

Third declension of τὸ χεῖλος; τοῦ χείλους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χεῖλος tò kheîlos	τὼ χείλει tṑ kheílei	τᾰ̀ χείλη tằ kheílē
Genitive	τοῦ χείλους toû kheílous	τοῖν χειλοῖν toîn kheiloîn	τῶν χειλῶν tôn kheilôn
Dative	τῷ χείλει tōî kheílei	τοῖν χειλοῖν toîn kheiloîn	τοῖς χείλεσῐ / χείλεσῐν toîs kheílesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ χεῖλος tò kheîlos	τὼ χείλει tṑ kheílei	τᾰ̀ χείλη tằ kheílē
Vocative	χεῖλος kheîlos	χείλει kheílei	χείλη kheílē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of χεῖλος; χείλεος / χείλευς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	χεῖλος kheîlos	χείλεε / χείλει kheílee / kheílei	χείλεᾰ kheíleă
Genitive	χείλεος / χείλευς kheíleos / kheíleus	χειλέοιῐ̈ν kheiléoiĭ̈n	χειλέων kheiléōn
Dative	χείλεῐ̈ / χείλει kheíleĭ̈ / kheílei	χειλέοιῐ̈ν kheiléoiĭ̈n	χείλεσῐ / χείλεσῐν / χείλεσσῐ / χείλεσσῐν / χειλέεσσῐ / χειλέεσσῐν kheílesĭ(n) / kheílessĭ(n) / kheiléessĭ(n)
Accusative	χεῖλος kheîlos	χείλεε / χείλει kheílee / kheílei	χείλεᾰ kheíleă
Vocative	χεῖλος kheîlos	χείλεε / χείλει kheílee / kheílei	χείλεᾰ kheíleă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ χεῖλος; τοῦ χείλεος / χείλευς (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χεῖλος tò kheîlos	τὼ χείλεε / χείλει tṑ kheílee / kheílei	τᾰ̀ χείλεᾰ tằ kheíleă
Genitive	τοῦ χείλεος / χείλευς toû kheíleos / kheíleus	τοῖν χειλέοιν toîn kheiléoin	τῶν χειλέων tôn kheiléōn
Dative	τῷ χείλεῐ̈ / χείλει tōî kheíleĭ̈ / kheílei	τοῖν χειλέοιν toîn kheiléoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν χείλεσῐ / χείλεσῐν toîsĭ(n) kheílesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ χεῖλος tò kheîlos	τὼ χείλεε / χείλει tṑ kheílee / kheílei	τᾰ̀ χείλεᾰ tằ kheíleă
Vocative	χεῖλος kheîlos	χείλεε / χείλει kheílee / kheílei	χείλεᾰ kheíleă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

ὀνόχειλος (onókheilos)
χειλοφῠ́λᾰξ (kheilophŭ́lăx)

Descendants

Greek: χείλος (cheílos)
⇒ Translingual: Rhacochilus

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χεῖλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1618

“χεῖλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“χεῖλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“χεῖλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
χεῖλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
χεῖλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“χεῖλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G5491 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- beak idem, page 66.
- border idem, page 89.
- brim idem, page 98.
- brink idem, page 100.
- edge idem, page 261.
- lip idem, page 494.
- margin idem, page 514.
- rim idem, page 715.
- side idem, page 772.
χεῖλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χεῖλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1618

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