χίλιοι [χῑ], αι, α:
genitive plural feminine χιλιῶν, irregular in Attic dialect accusative to [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 1.426 (probably only when χίλιαι was used as a _feminine_ ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] substantive (see. below [[ 3))] Refs]; dative plural feminine (originally locative) χιλίᾱσιν [[ “IG” 12.10.18; χιλίαισι [prev. work]76.20, 94.10; later χιλίαις] Refs]: dialect forms, Locrian dialect χίλιοι (as in Attic dialect, see above) [[ “IG” 9(1).334.39 (Oeanthea, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect χήλιοι (written χέλ-) [[[prev. work] 5(1).1.23 (Sparta, 5th c.BC), Lesb., Thess. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]χέλλιοι [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 817.1 (compare χελληστύς), “IG” 9(2).1229.29 (Phalanna, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Ionic dialect χείλιοι [[ “Schwyzer” 688 C 15 (Chios, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], which should probably be restored in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, compare δεκάχ (ε)] Refs 8th c.BC+] ιλοι:—a thousand, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in _neuter_, χ. μέτρα, πυρά, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.471, 8.562 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρῶθ᾽ ἑκατὸν βοῦς δῶκεν, ἔπειτα δὲ χίλι᾽ ὑπέστη (i.e. πρόβατα), αἶγας ὁμοῦ καὶ ὄϊς [[ 11.244 ] Refs]: usually agreeing with its substantive, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 364, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but sometimes as substantive followed by genitive, χίλιοι Μακεδόνων [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.80 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: to express the addition of a smaller number, that number may either precede or follow, διακόσιοι καὶ χ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.87, 93, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 119b: but χ. καὶ πεντακόσιοι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.77 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later καί is frequently omitted, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.33.10, LXX.Dan.12.11, NT.Rev.11.3; with Preps. χ. ἐπὶ μυρίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 895a; τέτταρας πρὸς τοῖς χ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 4 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; οἱ χ. λογάδες (at Argos) the Thousand, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.67, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.80. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]