πύελος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πύαλος (púalos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek but it has also been compared with πλύνω (plúnō, “to wash, clean”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.e.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ɛ.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.e.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.e.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.e.los/

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Noun

πύελος • (púelos) f (genitive πυέλου); second declension

trough for feeding animals
1. bathtub
2. vat, kitchen boiler
3. coffin
4. (anatomy) infundibulum

Declension

Second declension of ἡ πύελος; τῆς πυέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πύελος hē púelos	τὼ πυέλω tṑ puélō	αἱ πύελοι hai púeloi
Genitive	τῆς πυέλου tês puélou	τοῖν πυέλοιν toîn puéloin	τῶν πυέλων tôn puélōn
Dative	τῇ πυέλῳ têi puélōi	τοῖν πυέλοιν toîn puéloin	ταῖς πυέλοις taîs puélois
Accusative	τὴν πύελον tḕn púelon	τὼ πυέλω tṑ puélō	τᾱ̀ς πυέλους tā̀s puélous
Vocative	πύελε púele	πυέλω puélō	πύελοι púeloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πυέλιον (puélion)
πυελίς (puelís)
πυελώδης (puelṓdēs)

Synonyms

λουτήρ (loutḗr)
ἀσάμινθος (asáminthos)