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.) χιλίᾱσιν IG 12.10.18; χιλίαισι ib.76.20, 94.10; later χιλίαις: dialect forms, Locr. χίλιοι (as in Att., v. supr.) IG 9(1).334.39 (Oeanthea, v B. C.); Dor. χήλιοι (written χέλ-) ib. 5(1).1.23 (Sparta, v B. C.), Lesb., Thess. χέλλιοι EM 817.1 (cf. χελληστύς), IG 9(2).1229.29 (Phalanna, ii B. C.); Ion. χείλιοι Schwyzer 688 C 15 (Chios, v B. C.), which shd. prob. be restored in Hom., cf. δεκάχ(ε) ιλοι: -
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 Μακεδόνων Th. 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 πεντακόσιοι Aeschin. 2.77; later καί is freq. omitted, Plb. 3.33.10, LXX [Dan 12:11], [Rev 11:3]; with Preps. χ. ἐπὶ μυρίοις Pl. 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 χιλίην Id. 8.113; so ἵππον ἔχω εἰς χιλίαν X. Cyr. 4.6.2; also χιλία ὁλοκαύτωσις burnt-offering of 1000 cattle, LXX 3 Ki. 3.4.
3. χίλιαι (sc. δραχμαί) as Subst., a thousand drachmae, περὶ χιλιῶν κινδυνεύειν D. 22.21; ἐν χιλίαις ὁ κίνδυνος ib.26 (χ. δραχμαί in full, Pl. Ap. 36b). (Cf. Skt. sahásram ’a thousand’ (with prefix sa- = sṃ-); I.- E. ĝheslo-, ĝheslio-.)