chilias

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χῑλιάς (khīliás, “a thousand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

chīlias f (genitive chīliadis); third declension

  1. 1000, the number one thousand
  2. chiliad, a group of 1000 things
  3. millennium, a group of 1000 years

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative chīlias chīliadēs
Genitive chīliadis chīliadum
Dative chīliadī chīliadibus
Accusative chīliadem chīliadēs
Ablative chīliade chīliadibus
Vocative chīlias chīliadēs

Descendants
  • English: chiliad
  • French: chiliade

See also

References
  • “chilias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • chilias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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