ὗλις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῡ̔́λῐς (hū́lĭs)

Etymology

Unknown. Frisk suggests that this word might have arisen from ῑ̓λῡ́ς (īlū́s, “mud, slime”), by way of contamination with ῡ̔λῐ́ζω (hūlĭ́zō, “to filter, strain”). However, Beekes does not find this convincing.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hŷː.lis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.lis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.lis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.lis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lis/

Noun

ὗλῐς • (hûlĭs) f (genitive ῡ̔́λεως); third declension

mud, slime
Synonyms: ᾰ̓́σῐς (ắsĭs), ῑ̓λῡ́ς (īlū́s)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ὗλῐς; τῆς ῡ̔́λεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὗλῐς hē hûlĭs	τὼ ῡ̔́λει tṑ hū́lei	αἱ ῡ̔́λεις hai hū́leis
Genitive	τῆς ῡ̔́λεως tês hū́leōs	τοῖν ῡ̔λέοιν toîn hūléoin	τῶν ῡ̔́λεων tôn hū́leōn
Dative	τῇ ῡ̔́λει tēî hū́lei	τοῖν ῡ̔λέοιν toîn hūléoin	ταῖς ῡ̔́λεσῐ / ῡ̔́λεσῐν taîs hū́lesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὗλῐν tḕn hûlĭn	τὼ ῡ̔́λει tṑ hū́lei	τᾱ̀ς ῡ̔́λεις tā̀s hū́leis
Vocative	ὗλῐ hûlĭ	ῡ̔́λει hū́lei	ῡ̔́λεις hū́leis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.