"τῆλις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τῆλις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɛ̂ː.lis/, /ˈti.lis/, /ˈti.lis/, /tɛ̂ː.lis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈte̝.lis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈti.lis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈti.lis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈti.lis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: There is no certain explanation. Traditionally compared to Latin talea (“stave, cutting”) and Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palm tree”) but such guesses have been abandoned recently. Possibly connected to Proto-Albanian *talā (“cornstalk”). Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=no certain explanation}} no certain explanation, {{cog|la|talea||stave, cutting}} Latin talea (“stave, cutting”), {{cog|sa|ताल||palm tree}} Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palm tree”), {{cog|sqj-pro|*talā||cornstalk}} Proto-Albanian *talā (“cornstalk”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τήλεως|f|third}} τῆλις • (têlis) f (genitive τήλεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τῆλις|τήλεως|form=F}} Forms: têlis [romanization], τήλεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ τῆλῐς [nominative, singular], τήλει [dual, nominative], αἱ τήλεις [nominative, plural], τῆς τήλεως [genitive, singular], τηλέοιν [dual, genitive], τήλεων [genitive, plural], τῇ τήλει [dative, singular], τηλέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς τήλεσῐ [dative, plural], τήλεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs tḗlesĭ [dative, plural], taîs tḗlesĭn [dative, plural], τὴν τῆλῐν [accusative, singular], τήλει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς τήλεις [accusative, plural], τῆλῐ [singular, vocative], τήλει [dual, vocative], τήλεις [plural, vocative]
  1. fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) Synonyms: αἰγόκερας, βούκερας Derived forms: ἐπιτηλίς (epitēlís), τηλίνη (tēlínē), τήλινος (tḗlinos), τηλίτης (tēlítēs)
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "tēlis"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: tēlis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: tēlis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "1": "grc",
        "title": "no certain explanation"
      },
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      "name": "unk"
    },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "talea",
        "3": "",
        "4": "stave, cutting"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "palm tree"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "cornstalk"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "There is no certain explanation. Traditionally compared to Latin talea (“stave, cutting”) and Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palm tree”) but such guesses have been abandoned recently. Possibly connected to Proto-Albanian *talā (“cornstalk”).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τήλεως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "nominative"
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ τήλει",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς τήλεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τήλεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὴν τῆλῐν",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "τήλεως",
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      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Legumes",
          "orig": "grc:Legumes",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "epitēlís",
          "word": "ἐπιτηλίς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tēlínē",
          "word": "τηλίνη"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tḗlinos",
          "word": "τήλινος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tēlítēs",
          "word": "τηλίτης"
        }
      ],
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        "fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)"
      ],
      "id": "en-τῆλις-grc-noun-vmVM2Ulm",
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          "fenugreek"
        ],
        [
          "Trigonella foenum-graecum",
          "Trigonella foenum-graecum#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "αἰγόκερας"
        },
        {
          "word": "βούκερας"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/tɛ̂ː.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛ̂ː.lis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte̝.lis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τῆλις"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "epitēlís",
      "word": "ἐπιτηλίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tēlínē",
      "word": "τηλίνη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tḗlinos",
      "word": "τήλινος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tēlítēs",
      "word": "τηλίτης"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: tēlis"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "unk"
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      "args": {
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    {
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "There is no certain explanation. Traditionally compared to Latin talea (“stave, cutting”) and Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palm tree”) but such guesses have been abandoned recently. Possibly connected to Proto-Albanian *talā (“cornstalk”).",
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      "form": "têlis",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τήλεως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "Third declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ τήλεις",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς τήλεως",
      "roman": "tês tḗleōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τηλέοιν",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τήλεων",
      "roman": "tḗleōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ τήλει",
      "roman": "têi tḗlei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τηλέοιν",
      "roman": "tēléoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς τήλεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τήλεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς τήλεις",
      "roman": "tā̀s tḗleis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
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      ],
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          "Trigonella foenum-graecum",
          "Trigonella foenum-graecum#Translingual"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "αἰγόκερας"
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        {
          "word": "βούκερας"
        }
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      "ipa": "/tɛ̂ː.lis/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛ̂ː.lis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte̝.lis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τῆλις"
}

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