κήλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάλη (kálē) — Attic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂u-l-eh₂ (“tumour”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kyla (“rupture”) and Proto-Germanic *haulaz (“hernia”). However the Attic form is still unexplained.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /ˈci.li/ → /ˈci.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.li/

Noun

κήλη • (kḗlē) f (genitive κήλης); first declension

1. (oncology) tumour, swelling
2. (pathology) hernia, rupture
3. hump on a buffalo's back

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κήλη; τῆς κήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κήλη hē kḗlē	τὼ κήλᾱ tṑ kḗlā	αἱ κῆλαι hai kêlai
Genitive	τῆς κήλης tês kḗlēs	τοῖν κήλαιν toîn kḗlain	τῶν κηλῶν tôn kēlôn
Dative	τῇ κήλῃ têi kḗlēi	τοῖν κήλαιν toîn kḗlain	ταῖς κήλαις taîs kḗlais
Accusative	τὴν κήλην tḕn kḗlēn	τὼ κήλᾱ tṑ kḗlā	τᾱ̀ς κήλᾱς tā̀s kḗlās
Vocative	κήλη kḗlē	κήλᾱ kḗlā	κῆλαι kêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐντεροκήλη (enterokḗlē)
• ἐπῐπλοκήλη (epiplokḗlē)
• κηλήτης (kēlḗtēs)
• κηλικός (kēlikós)
• κηλοτομία (kēlotomía)
• σαρκοκήλη (sarkokḗlē)
• ὑδροκήλη (hudrokḗlē)

 

Descendants

• → English: -cele
• Greek: κήλη (kíli)

References

• “κήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κήλη (kḗlē).

Noun

κήλη • (kíli) f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) hernia, rupture

Declension

Declension of κήλη

	singular
nominative	κήλη (kíli)
genitive	κήλης (kílis)
accusative	κήλη (kíli)
vocative	κήλη (kíli)