κελοῖα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καιλοῖα (kailoîa), κελέα (keléa), κελεῖα (keleîa), κελῆα (kelêa), κελύα (kelúa)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variations suggest a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.lôi̯.a/ → /ceˈly.a/ → /ceˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.lôi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈly.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈly.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈly.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈli.a/

Noun

κελοῖα • (keloîa)

1. name of a contest for boys and youths at Sparta

Further reading

• “κελοῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN