χελώνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰelu-, *gʰelew- ,*gʰelōw- (tortoise). Related to χέλυς (khélus, tortoise). Compare to Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, whence Old Church Slavonic желꙑ (žely, turtle), Polish żółw (tortoise).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χελώνη • (khelṓnē) f (genitive χελώνης); first declension

  1. tortoise

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: χελώνα f (chelóna, tortoise, turtle)
  • Spanish: quelonio
  • Translingual: Chelonia, Chelonia

References

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