"τεῖχος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τεῖχος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /têː.kʰos/, /ˈti.xos/, /ˈti.xos/, /têː.kʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈti.kʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈti.xos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈti.xos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈti.xos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *téikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”). Cognates include Sanskrit देह (deha), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”), Latin fingō, and Old Armenian դէզ (dēz). Compare τοῖχος (toîkhos) and παράδεισος (parádeisos). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*téikʰos}} Proto-Hellenic *téikʰos, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-|t=to knead, form, fashion}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”), {{cog|sa|देह}} Sanskrit देह (deha), {{cog|ae|𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀||wall}} Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”), {{cog|la|fingō}} Latin fingō, {{cog|xcl|դէզ}} Old Armenian դէզ (dēz) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τείχεος|n|third|gen2=τείχους}} τεῖχος • (teîkhos) n (genitive τείχεος or τείχους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τεῖχος|τείχους}}, {{grc-decl|τεῖχος|τείχεος|dial=epi}} Forms: teîkhos [romanization], τείχεος [genitive], τείχους [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ τεῖχος [nominative, singular], τείχει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ τείχη [nominative, plural], τοῦ τείχους [genitive, singular], τειχοῖν [dual, genitive], τειχῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ τείχει [dative, singular], τειχοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς τείχεσῐ [dative, plural], τείχεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs teíkhesĭ [dative, plural], toîs teíkhesĭn [dative, plural], τὸ τεῖχος [accusative, singular], τείχει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ τείχη [accusative, plural], τεῖχος [singular, vocative], τείχει [dual, vocative], τείχη [plural, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], τεῖχος [nominative, singular], τείχει [dual, nominative], τείχεε [dual, nominative], τείχεᾰ [nominative, plural], τείχεος [genitive, singular], τείχευς [genitive, singular], τειχέοιν [dual, genitive], τειχέων [genitive, plural], τείχει [dative, singular], τείχεῐ̈ [dative, singular], τειχέοιν [dative, dual], τείχεσῐ [dative, plural], τείχεσῐν [dative, plural], teíkhesĭ [dative, plural], teíkhesĭn [dative, plural], τεῖχος [accusative, singular], τείχει [accusative, dual], τείχεε [accusative, dual], τείχεᾰ [accusative, plural], τεῖχος [singular, vocative], τείχει [dual, vocative], τείχεε [dual, vocative], τείχεᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. mound, earth works
    Sense id: en-τεῖχος-grc-noun-iKTy4u3I Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 28 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 26 28 32 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 22 31 10
  2. wall (especially one enclosing a town or city)
    Sense id: en-τεῖχος-grc-noun-1V-5cylj Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 28 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 26 28 32 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 22 31 10
  3. fortified city
    Sense id: en-τεῖχος-grc-noun-4sP09293 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 28 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 26 28 32 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 22 31 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 20 39 18
  4. fortification, castle
    Sense id: en-τεῖχος-grc-noun-V1x4OcqB Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 28 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 26 28 32 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 22 31 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: εὐτείχεος (euteíkheos), τειχίζω (teikhízō), τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ (teikhophŭ́lăx) Related terms: τοῖχος (toîkhos)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "euteíkheos",
      "word": "εὐτείχεος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "teikhízō",
      "word": "τειχίζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "teikhophŭ́lăx",
      "word": "τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "τείχος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: τείχος (teíchos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: τείχος (teíchos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Psorotichia",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Psorotichia",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Psorotichia",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Translingual: Psorotichia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Translingual: Psorotichia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeyǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*téikʰos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *téikʰos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeyǵʰ-",
        "t": "to knead, form, fashion"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "देह"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit देह (deha)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wall"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fingō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fingō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "դէզ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian դէզ (dēz)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *téikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”).\nCognates include Sanskrit देह (deha), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”), Latin fingō, and Old Armenian դէզ (dēz). Compare τοῖχος (toîkhos) and παράδεισος (parádeisos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "teîkhos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τεῖχος",
      "roman": "tò teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τείχη",
      "roman": "tằ teíkhē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τείχους",
      "roman": "toû teíkhous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχοῖν",
      "roman": "teikhoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχῶν",
      "roman": "teikhôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τείχει",
      "roman": "tôi teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχοῖν",
      "roman": "teikhoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τείχεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs teíkhesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs teíkhesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τεῖχος",
      "roman": "tò teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τείχη",
      "roman": "tằ teíkhē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τεῖχος",
      "roman": "teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχη",
      "roman": "teíkhē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τεῖχος",
      "roman": "teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεε",
      "roman": "teíkhee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεᾰ",
      "roman": "teíkheă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεος",
      "roman": "teíkheos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχευς",
      "roman": "teíkheus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχέοιν",
      "roman": "teikhéoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχέων",
      "roman": "teikhéōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεῐ̈",
      "roman": "teíkheĭ̈",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχέοιν",
      "roman": "teikhéoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teíkhesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teíkhesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τεῖχος",
      "roman": "teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεε",
      "roman": "teíkhee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεᾰ",
      "roman": "teíkheă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τεῖχος",
      "roman": "teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεε",
      "roman": "teíkhee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεᾰ",
      "roman": "teíkheă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τείχεος",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "τείχους"
      },
      "expansion": "τεῖχος • (teîkhos) n (genitive τείχεος or τείχους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τεῖχος",
        "2": "τείχους"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τεῖχος",
        "2": "τείχεος",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "toîkhos",
      "word": "τοῖχος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 25 28 12",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 28 32 14",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 22 31 10",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mound, earth works"
      ],
      "id": "en-τεῖχος-grc-noun-iKTy4u3I",
      "links": [
        [
          "mound",
          "mound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 25 28 12",
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 227a"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wall (especially one enclosing a town or city)"
      ],
      "id": "en-τεῖχος-grc-noun-1V-5cylj",
      "links": [
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 28 32 14",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 22 31 10",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 20 39 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fortified city"
      ],
      "id": "en-τεῖχος-grc-noun-4sP09293",
      "links": [
        [
          "fortified",
          "fortified"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 25 28 12",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 28 32 14",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 22 31 10",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fortification, castle"
      ],
      "id": "en-τεῖχος-grc-noun-V1x4OcqB",
      "links": [
        [
          "fortification",
          "fortification"
        ],
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/têː.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/têː.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τεῖχος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeyǵʰ-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "euteíkheos",
      "word": "εὐτείχεος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "teikhízō",
      "word": "τειχίζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "teikhophŭ́lăx",
      "word": "τειχοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "τείχος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: τείχος (teíchos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: τείχος (teíchos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Psorotichia",
            "2": "genus"
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          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Psorotichia",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Translingual: Psorotichia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Translingual: Psorotichia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeyǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*téikʰos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *téikʰos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeyǵʰ-",
        "t": "to knead, form, fashion"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "देह"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit देह (deha)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wall"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fingō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fingō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "դէզ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian դէզ (dēz)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *téikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”).\nCognates include Sanskrit देह (deha), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”), Latin fingō, and Old Armenian դէզ (dēz). Compare τοῖχος (toîkhos) and παράδεισος (parádeisos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "teîkhos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τεῖχος",
      "roman": "tò teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τείχη",
      "roman": "tằ teíkhē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τείχους",
      "roman": "toû teíkhous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχοῖν",
      "roman": "teikhoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχῶν",
      "roman": "teikhôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τείχει",
      "roman": "tôi teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχοῖν",
      "roman": "teikhoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τείχεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs teíkhesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs teíkhesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ τεῖχος",
      "roman": "tò teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ τείχη",
      "roman": "tằ teíkhē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τεῖχος",
      "roman": "teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχη",
      "roman": "teíkhē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τεῖχος",
      "roman": "teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεε",
      "roman": "teíkhee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεᾰ",
      "roman": "teíkheă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεος",
      "roman": "teíkheos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχευς",
      "roman": "teíkheus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχέοιν",
      "roman": "teikhéoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχέων",
      "roman": "teikhéōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεῐ̈",
      "roman": "teíkheĭ̈",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τειχέοιν",
      "roman": "teikhéoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teíkhesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teíkhesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τεῖχος",
      "roman": "teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεε",
      "roman": "teíkhee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεᾰ",
      "roman": "teíkheă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τεῖχος",
      "roman": "teîkhos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχει",
      "roman": "teíkhei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεε",
      "roman": "teíkhee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τείχεᾰ",
      "roman": "teíkheă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τείχεος",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "τείχους"
      },
      "expansion": "τεῖχος • (teîkhos) n (genitive τείχεος or τείχους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τεῖχος",
        "2": "τείχους"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τεῖχος",
        "2": "τείχεος",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "toîkhos",
      "word": "τοῖχος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mound, earth works"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mound",
          "mound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 227a"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wall (especially one enclosing a town or city)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortified city"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortified",
          "fortified"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortification, castle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortification",
          "fortification"
        ],
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/têː.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/têː.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τεῖχος"
}

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