χειλών

χειλών • (cheilón)

1. monotonic spelling of the contracted ancient genitive plural neuter noun χειλῶν

• Of the two ancient plural genitives of χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) (uncontracted: τῶν χειλέων (kheiléōn) and contracted: τῶν χειλῶν), only the uncontracted is used in Standard Modern Greek: των χειλέων as plural genitive of χείλος.
• Other alternative for genitive plural, is the modern: των χειλιών (cheilión) of singular noun το χείλι (cheíli).

• χείλι in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
• χείλος in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
• Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre