χίλιοι

χίλιοι [pron. full] [χῑ], αι, α: gen. pl. fem. χιλιῶν, irreg. in [dialect] Att. acc. to Hdn. Gr.1.426 (prob. only when χίλιαι was used as a fem. Subst. (v. infr. 3)); dat. pl. fem. (orig. loc.)

A

χιλίᾱσιν IG12.10.18

; χιλίαισι ib.76.20, 94.10; later χιλίαις: dialect forms, [dialect] Locr. [full] χίλιοι (as in [dialect] Att., v. supr.) IG9(1).334.39 (Oeanthea, v B. C.); [dialect] Dor. [full] χήλιοι (written [pref] χέλ-) ib. 5(1).1.23 (Sparta, v B. C.), Lesb., Thess. [full] χέλλιοι EM817.1 (cf. χελληστύς), IG9(2).1229.29 (Phalanna, ii B. C.); [dialect] Ion. [full] χείλιοι Schwyzer 688C15 (Chios, v B. C.), which shd. prob. be restored in Hom., cf. δεκάχ (ε) ιλοι:—a thousand, Hom. only in neut., χ. μέτρα, πυρά, Il.7.471, 8.562; πρῶθ' ἑκατὸν βοῦς δῶκεν, ἔπειτα δὲ χίλι' ὑπέστη (sc. πρόβατα)

, αἶγας ὁμοῦ καὶ ὄϊς 11.244

: usu. agreeing with its Subst., Hes.Th. 364, etc.; but sts. as Subst. folld. by gen.,

χίλιοι Μακεδόνων Th.2.80

: to express the addition of a smaller number, that number may either precede or follow,

διακόσιοι καὶ χ. Isoc.4.87

, 93, Pl.Criti.119b: but

χ. καὶ πεντακόσιοι Aeschin.2.77

; later καί is freq. omitted, Plb.3.33.10, LXX Da.12.11, Apoc.11.3; with Preps.

χ. ἐπὶ μυρίοις Pl.Lg.895a

;

τέτταρας πρὸς τοῖς χ. Luc.Cat.4

; οἱ χ. λογάδες (at Argos) the Thousand, Th.5.67, cf. D.S.12.80.

2 sg. with collect. nouns, χιλίη ἵππος a thousand horse, Hdt.5.63, 7.41;

τὴν ἵππον τὴν χιλίην Id.8.113

; so

ἵππον ἔχω εἰς χιλίαν X.Cyr.4.6.2

; also χιλία ὁλοκαύτωσις burnt-offering of 1000 cattle, LXX 3 Ki.3.4.

3 χίλιαι (sc. δραχμαί) as Subst., a thousand drachmae,

περὶ χιλιῶν κινδυνεύειν D.22.21

; ἐν χιλίαις ὁ κίνδυνος ib.26 (χ. δραχμαί in full, Pl.Ap.36b). (Cf. Skt. sahásram 'a thousand' (with prefix sa- = sṃ-); I.-E. ĝheslo-, ĝheslio-.)