χίλιοι[χῑ], αι, α: gen. pl. fem. χιλιῶν, irreg. in 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.) χιλίᾱσινIG12.10.18; χιλίαισι ib.76.20, 94.10; later χιλίαισ: dialect forms, Locr. χίλιοι (as in Att., v. supr.) IG9(1).334.39 (Oeanthea, v B. C.); Dor. χήλιοι (written χέλ-) ib. 5(1).1.23 (Sparta, v B. C.), Lesb., Thess. χέλλιοιEM817.1 (cf. χελληστύσ), IG9(2).1229.29 (Phalanna, ii B. C.); Ion. χείλιοιSchwyzer 688C15 (Chios, v B. C.), which shd. prob. be restored in Hom., cf. δεκάχειλοι:—
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 ΜακεδόνωνTh.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 πεντακόσιοιAeschin.2.77; later καί is freq. omitted, Plb.3.33.10, LXXDa.12.11, Apoc.11.3; with Preps. χ. ἐπὶ μυρίοισPl.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 χιλίηνId.8.113; so ἵππον ἔχω εἰς χιλίανX.Cyr.4.6.2; also χιλία ὁλοκαύτωσισ burnt-offering