χῑλι-άς, άδος, ἡ:
genitive plural χιλιάδων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28 (χιλιαδέων variant in 7.28)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—a thousand, [[ [prev. author] 6.58, 7.28, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 341; χ. τέτορες 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 91; with _genitive_, πολλὰς χιλιάδας ταλάντων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96, compare 28; ἐννέα χιλιάδας ἐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 257a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, large number, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.91, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 56 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πολλαὶ χ., of lines of poetry, [[ Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.4. ] Refs]
__3 Χιλιάδες, αἱ, title of poem by [[ 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.436f, etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II ={χιλιετηρίς}, [[Alex.Aetol. 4.4 ] Refs]; Ῥωμαϊκὴ χ., title of work by Asinius Quadratus, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see entry {Ἀνθιον} compare (χιλιαρχία 111, χιλιετηρίς). ] Refs 5th c.AD+]