κέλευθος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From the root of κέλομαι (kélomai) and κελεύω (keleúō, “to urge, command”). Cognate with Lithuanian kẽlias and Latvian ceļš (“road, way”) and with Albanian kaloj (“to pass, walk by”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ké.leu̯.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈke.lew.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈce.leɸ.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.lef.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.lef.θos/
Noun edit
κέλευθος • (kéleuthos) f (genitive κελεύθου); second declension; plural usually neuter κέλευθᾰ
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | κέλευθος kéleuthos |
κελεύθω keleúthō |
κέλευθοι kéleuthoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | κελεύθου / κελευθοῖο / κελεύθοιο / κελευθόο / κελεύθοο keleúthou / keleuthoîo / keleúthoio / keleuthóo / keleúthoo |
κελεύθοιῐν keleúthoiin |
κελεύθων keleúthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | κελεύθῳ keleúthōi |
κελεύθοιῐν keleúthoiin |
κελεύθοισῐ / κελεύθοισῐν / κελεύθοις keleúthoisi(n) / keleúthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | κέλευθον kéleuthon |
κελεύθω keleúthō |
κελεύθους keleúthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέλευθε kéleuthe |
κελεύθω keleúthō |
κέλευθοι kéleuthoi | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κέλευθος hē kéleuthos |
τὼ κελεύθω tṑ keleúthō |
αἱ κέλευθοι hai kéleuthoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κελεύθου tês keleúthou |
τοῖν κελεύθοιν toîn keleúthoin |
τῶν κελεύθων tôn keleúthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κελεύθῳ têi keleúthōi |
τοῖν κελεύθοιν toîn keleúthoin |
ταῖς κελεύθοις taîs keleúthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κέλευθον tḕn kéleuthon |
τὼ κελεύθω tṑ keleúthō |
τᾱ̀ς κελεύθους tā̀s keleúthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέλευθε kéleuthe |
κελεύθω keleúthō |
κέλευθοι kéleuthoi | ||||||||||
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- Neuter plural forms
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | κέλευθᾰ kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Genitive | κελεύθων keleúthōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | κελεύθοισῐ / κελεύθοισῐν / κελεύθοις keleúthoisi(n) / keleúthois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | κέλευθᾰ kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κέλευθᾰ kéleutha | ||||||||||||
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Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ κέλευθᾰ tà kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν κελεύθων tôn keleúthōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς κελεύθοις toîs keleúthois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ κέλευθᾰ tà kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κέλευθᾰ kéleutha | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἱπποκέλευθος (hippokéleuthos)
Related terms edit
- ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos)
Further reading edit
- “κέλευθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κέλευθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κέλευθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κέλευθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.