χίλιοι [χῑ], αι, α:
genitive plural feminine χιλιῶν, irregular in
Attic dialect accusative to [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
substantive (see. below [
Refs];
dative plural feminine (originally
locative) χιλίᾱσιν [
Refs]: dialect forms,
Locrian dialect χίλιοι (as in
Attic dialect, see above) [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Doric dialect χήλιοι (written χέλ-) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
χέλλιοι [
Refs 2nd c.BC+];
Ionic dialect χείλιοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+], which should probably be restored in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] ιλοι:—
a thousand, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρῶθ᾽ ἑκατὸν βοῦς δῶκεν, ἔπειτα δὲ χίλι᾽ ὑπέστη (i.e. πρόβατα), αἶγας ὁμοῦ καὶ ὄϊς [
Refs]: usually agreeing with its
substantive, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but sometimes as
substantive followed by
genitive, χίλιοι Μακεδόνων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: to express the addition of a smaller number, that number may either precede or follow, διακόσιοι καὶ χ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later καί is frequently omitted, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; οἱ χ. λογάδες (at Argos)
the Thousand, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
singular with
collective nouns, χιλίη ἵππος
a thousand horse, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χιλία ὁλοκαύτωσις burnt-offering
of 1000 cattle, [
LXX]
3) χίλιαι (i.e. δραχμαί) as
substantive,
a thousand drachmae, περὶ χιλιῶν κινδυνεύειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit
sahásram 'a thousand' (with prefix
sa- = sṃ-); I.-[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
ĝheslo, ĝheslio.)