τείχος

See also: τεῖχος

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”)

Pronunciation

• Homophone: τοίχος (toíchos)

Noun

τείχος • (teíchos) n (plural τείχη)

1. city wall/fortification/rampart

   Coordinate term: τοίχος (toíchos, “house wall”)

2. (figuratively) emotional wall
3. (soccer) wall (line of defenders)

Declension

Declension of τείχος

	singular	plural
nominative	τείχος (teíchos)	τείχη (teíchi)
genitive	τείχους (teíchous)	τειχών (teichón)
accusative	τείχος (teíchos)	τείχη (teíchi)
vocative	τείχος (teíchos)	τείχη (teíchi)

Related terms

• ατείχιστος (ateíchistos, “unwalled”, adjective)
• τειχίζω (teichízo, “to fortify, to wall”)
• τείχιση f (teíchisi, “fortification”)
• τειχοποιία f (teichopoiía, “fortification”)
• τείχος προστασίας n (teíchos prostasías, “IT firewall”)

Further reading

• “τείχος”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language