"τοῖχος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τοῖχος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tôi̯.kʰos/, /ˈty.xos/, /ˈti.xos/, /tôi̯.kʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈty.kʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈty.xos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈty.xos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈti.xos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *tóikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”). Compare τεῖχος (teîkhos), which it appears to be variant of. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*tóikʰos}} Proto-Hellenic *tóikʰos, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-|t=to knead, form, fashion}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τοίχου|m|second}} τοῖχος • (toîkhos) m (genitive τοίχου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τοῖχος|τοίχου}} Forms: toîkhos [romanization], τοίχου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ τοῖχος [nominative, singular], τοίχω [dual, nominative], οἱ τοῖχοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ τοίχου [genitive, singular], τοίχοιν [dual, genitive], τοίχων [genitive, plural], τῷ τοίχῳ [dative, singular], τοίχοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς τοίχοις [dative, plural], τὸν τοῖχον [accusative, singular], τοίχω [accusative, dual], τοὺς τοίχους [accusative, plural], τοῖχε [singular, vocative], τοίχω [dual, vocative], τοῖχοι [plural, vocative]
  1. wall (inside a building), partition
    Sense id: en-τοῖχος-grc-noun-uU0XYvRa Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 78 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. the side of a ship
    Sense id: en-τοῖχος-grc-noun-a5~TyeGa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: τεῖχος (teîkhos)

Inflected forms

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            "1": "el",
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      "args": {
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *tóikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”). Compare τεῖχος (teîkhos), which it appears to be variant of.",
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      "form": "toîkhos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "τοίχου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "grc-decl",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "τῷ τοίχῳ",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τὸν τοῖχον",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dual"
      ]
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      "form": "τοὺς τοίχους",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοίχω",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        [
          "building",
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          "partition",
          "partition"
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      ],
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          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/tôi̯.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tôi̯.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "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-",
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      "form": "οἱ τοῖχοι",
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    {
      "form": "τῷ τοίχῳ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῖς τοίχοις",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν τοῖχον",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖχε",
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    }
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          "side",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈty.xos/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tôi̯.kʰos/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈty.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈty.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈti.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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}

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