chelys

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek χέλῡς (khélūs, “tortoise”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰɛ.lys] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɛː.lis] === Noun === chelys f (genitive chelyos or chelyis); third declension a tortoise a tortoise shell, a lyre or harp made of a tortoise shell ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant). 1In poetry. In Classical Latin, only the nominative, accusative, ablative and vocative singular are attested. ==== Synonyms ==== lyra ==== Related terms ==== chelydrus === References === “chelys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “chelys”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “chelys”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “chelys”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “chelys”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin