Latin

Noun

chelys f ‎(genitive *chelyos); third declension

1. a tortoise
2. a tortoise shell, a lyre or harp made of a tortoise shell

Declension

Forms attested only in the nominative, accusative, and vocative singular. Third declension, Greek type.

Synonyms

• lyra

Related terms

• chelȳdrus

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “chelys”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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