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χιλιάς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χιλιάς χιλιάδος

Structure: χιλιαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. thousand

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐξηρίθμησαν ἐκ τῶν χιλιάδων Ἰσραὴλ χιλίουσ ἐκ φυλῆσ, δώδεκα χιλιάδασ ἐνωπλισμένοι εἰσ παράταξιν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 31:5)
  • ἐν τῷ πορευθῆναι τὸν Δαυὶδ εἰσ Σικελὰγ προσεχώρησαν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ Μανασσῆ Ἐδνὰ καὶ Ἰωζαβὰθ καὶ Ρωδιὴλ καὶ Μιχαὴλ καὶ Ἰωσαβαὶθ καὶ Ἐλιμοὺθ καὶ Σεμαθί, ἀρχηγοὶ χιλιάδων εἰσὶ τοῦ Μανασσῆ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 12:21)
  • ΚΑΙ ἐξεκκλησίασε Δαυὶδ πάντασ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ Ἰσραήλ, ἄρχοντασ τῶν κριτῶν, καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ τῶν ἐφημεριῶν τῶν περὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ ἄρχοντασ τῶν χιλιάδων καὶ τῶν ἑκατοντάδων καὶ τοὺσ γαζοφύλακασ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ πάσησ τῆσ κτήσεωσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ σὺν τοῖσ εὐνούχοισ καὶ τοὺσ δυνάστασ καὶ τοὺσ μαχητὰσ τῆσ στρατιᾶσ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 28:1)
  • καὶ αὐτοὶ δύο ὄντεσ διεσώθησαν ἀπὸ ἑξακοσίων χιλιάδων πεζῶν, εἰσαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ κληρονομίαν, εἰσ γῆν ρέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 46:8)
  • τούτοισ ἐπιβουλεύσαντεσ τοῖσ ἀγαθοῖσ οἱ βάρβαροι στρατεύουσιν ἐπ’ αὐτήν, πεζοὶ μὲν οὐκ ἐλάττουσ πεντήκοντα μυριάδων, ἱππεῖσ δὲ δυεῖν χιλιάδων ἀποδέοντεσ εἶναι δισμύριοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 3 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. thousand

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