"χέλυς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See χέλυς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰé.lyːs/, /ˈçe.lys/, /ˈçe.lis/, /kʰé.lyːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkʰe.lys/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈçe.lys/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈçe.lys/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈçe.lis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan), /kʰé.lys/, /ˈçe.lys/, /ˈçe.lis/, /kʰé.lys/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkʰe.lys/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈçe.lys/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈçe.lys/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈçe.lis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *gʰelu-, *gʰelew- ,*gʰelōw- (“tortoise”). Related to χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”). Compare to Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, whence Old Church Slavonic желу (želu, “turtle”), Polish żółw (“tortoise”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*gʰelu-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰelu-, {{m|ine-pro|*gʰelew-}} *gʰelew-, {{m|ine-pro|*gʰelōw-||tortoise}} *gʰelōw- (“tortoise”), {{m|grc|χελώνη||tortoise}} χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”), {{cog|sla-pro|*žьlvъ}} Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, {{cog|cu|желу||turtle}} Old Church Slavonic желу (želu, “turtle”), {{cog|pl|żółw||tortoise}} Polish żółw (“tortoise”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|χέλῠος|f|third|head=χέλῡς|head2=χέλῠς}} χέλῡς or χέλῠς • (khélūs or khélus) f (genitive χέλῠος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|χέλῡς|χέλῠος|dial=epi|form=F}}, {{grc-decl|χέλῠς|χέλῠος|form=F}} Forms: χέλῡς [canonical], χέλῠς [canonical], khélūs [romanization], khélus [romanization], χέλῠος [genitive], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], χέλῡς [nominative, singular], χέλῠε [dual, nominative], χέλῠες [nominative, plural], χέλῠος [genitive, singular], χελῠ́οιῐν [dual, genitive], χελῠ́ων [genitive, plural], χέλῠῐ̈ [dative, singular], χέλυι [dative, singular], χελῠ́οιῐν [dative, dual], χελῠ́εσσῐ [dative, plural], χελῠ́εσσῐν [dative, plural], χέλῡσῐ [dative, plural], χέλῡσῐν [dative, plural], χέλῡσσῐ [dative, plural], χέλῡσσῐν [dative, plural], khelúessi [dative, plural], khelúessin [dative, plural], khélūsi [dative, plural], khélūsin [dative, plural], khélūssi [dative, plural], khélūssin [dative, plural], χέλῡν [accusative, singular], χέλῠε [accusative, dual], χέλῡς [accusative, plural], χέλῠᾰς [accusative, plural], χέλῡ [singular, vocative], χέλῠε [dual, vocative], χέλῠες [plural, vocative], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ χέλῠς [nominative, singular], τὼ χέλῠε [dual, nominative], αἱ χέλῠες [nominative, plural], τῆς χέλῠος [genitive, singular], τοῖν χελῠ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν χελῠ́ων [genitive, plural], τῇ χέλῠῐ̈ [dative, singular], χέλυι [dative, singular], τοῖν χελῠ́οιν [dative, dual], ταῖς χέλῠσῐ [dative, plural], χέλῠσῐν [dative, plural], taîs khélusi [dative, plural], taîs khélusin [dative, plural], τὴν χέλῠν [accusative, singular], τὼ χέλῠε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς χέλῡς [accusative, plural], χέλῠᾰς [accusative, plural], χέλῠ [singular, vocative], χέλῠε [dual, vocative], χέλῠες [plural, vocative]
  1. tortoise Synonyms (tortoise): χελώνη (khelṓnē)
    Sense id: en-χέλυς-grc-noun-Ik7GfIlH Disambiguation of 'tortoise': 98 1 1 0
  2. lyre
    Sense id: en-χέλυς-grc-noun-Biqm5sgy
  3. (astronomy) Lyra, a constellation Categories (topical): Astronomy Categories (lifeform): Reptiles
    Sense id: en-χέλυς-grc-noun-nJVUKw8Q Disambiguation of Reptiles: 27 6 61 5 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Epic Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 8 27 54 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 7 29 50 14 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 13 21 57 10 Disambiguation of Epic Greek: 9 20 61 10 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. arched breast, chest Synonyms (arched breast, chest): χελώνιον (khelṓnion)
    Sense id: en-χέλυς-grc-noun-fohvPTRi Disambiguation of 'arched breast, chest': 0 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: χέλῠδρος (khéludros)

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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χελῠ́εσσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῡσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῡσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῡσσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῡσσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khelúessi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khelúessin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khélūsi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "khélūssin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "χέλῡν",
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      "form": "χέλῠᾰς",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "χέλῠες",
      "roman": "khélues",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "ἡ χέλῠς",
      "roman": "hē khélus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ χέλῠε",
      "roman": "tṑ khélue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ χέλῠες",
      "roman": "hai khélues",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς χέλῠος",
      "roman": "tês khéluos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν χελῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn khelúoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν χελῠ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn khelúōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ χέλῠῐ̈",
      "roman": "têi khéluï",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλυι",
      "roman": "khélui",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν χελῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn khelúoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς χέλῠσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs khélusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs khélusin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν χέλῠν",
      "roman": "tḕn khélun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ χέλῠε",
      "roman": "tṑ khélue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς χέλῡς",
      "roman": "tā̀s khélūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠᾰς",
      "roman": "khéluas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠ",
      "roman": "khélu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠε",
      "roman": "khélue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠες",
      "roman": "khélues",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 33"
        }
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1 0",
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        }
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          "text": "7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 25"
        },
        {
          "text": "7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 153"
        },
        {
          "text": "630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 45"
        },
        {
          "text": "525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Fragments 314"
        },
        {
          "text": "438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 448"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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          "name": "Astronomy",
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            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis": "8 27 54 11",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "7 29 50 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 21 57 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "9 20 61 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Epic Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 6 61 5",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Reptiles",
          "orig": "grc:Reptiles",
          "parents": [
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            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "315 BCE – 240 BCE, Aratus, Phaenomena 268"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Lyra, a constellation"
      ],
      "id": "en-χέλυς-grc-noun-nJVUKw8Q",
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          "astronomy"
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          "Lyra",
          "Lyra"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) Lyra, a constellation"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Anatomy 1"
        },
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 837"
        }
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          "chest",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/kʰé.lyːs/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰé.lyːs/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰe.lys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰé.lys/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lis/"
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      "ipa": "/kʰé.lys/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʰe.lys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Ancient Greek nouns",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "χελῠ́εσσῐ",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "χελῠ́εσσῐν",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "χέλῡσῐ",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῡσῐν",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "χέλῡσσῐ",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῡσσῐν",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "khelúessi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "khelúessin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "khélūsi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "khélūsin",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "khélūssin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "χέλῡν",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "χέλῠᾰς",
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        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ χέλῠς",
      "roman": "hē khélus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ χέλῠε",
      "roman": "tṑ khélue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ χέλῠες",
      "roman": "hai khélues",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς χέλῠος",
      "roman": "tês khéluos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν χελῠ́οιν",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν χελῠ́ων",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ χέλῠῐ̈",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλυι",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν χελῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn khelúoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ταῖς χέλῠσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs khélusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs khélusin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν χέλῠν",
      "roman": "tḕn khélun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ χέλῠε",
      "roman": "tṑ khélue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς χέλῡς",
      "roman": "tā̀s khélūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠᾰς",
      "roman": "khéluas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠ",
      "roman": "khélu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠε",
      "roman": "khélue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χέλῠες",
      "roman": "khélues",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "third",
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        "head2": "χέλῠς"
      },
      "expansion": "χέλῡς or χέλῠς • (khélūs or khélus) f (genitive χέλῠος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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        "1": "χέλῡς",
        "2": "χέλῠος",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 33"
        }
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          "tortoise"
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          "text": "7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 25"
        },
        {
          "text": "7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 153"
        },
        {
          "text": "630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 45"
        },
        {
          "text": "525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Fragments 314"
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        {
          "text": "438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 448"
        }
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          "lyre"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "grc:Astronomy"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "315 BCE – 240 BCE, Aratus, Phaenomena 268"
        }
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        "Lyra, a constellation"
      ],
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        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Lyra",
          "Lyra"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) Lyra, a constellation"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Anatomy 1"
        },
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 837"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "arched breast, chest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arched",
          "arched"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰé.lyːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰé.lyːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰe.lys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰé.lys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰé.lys/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰe.lys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçe.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "khelṓnē",
      "sense": "tortoise",
      "word": "χελώνη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khelṓnion",
      "sense": "arched breast, chest",
      "word": "χελώνιον"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χέλυς"
}

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