θέσκελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compounded from θέσ- (thés-, which is the root of θεός (theós, “god”)) +‎ κέλομαι (kélomai, “to urge, exhort”), thus properly "moved by a god".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰés.ke.los/ → /ˈθes.ce.los/ → /ˈθes.ce.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰés.ke.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰes.ke.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.ce.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.ce.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθes.ce.los/

Adjective

θέσκελος • (théskelos) m or f (neuter θέσκελον); second declension

1. marvellous, wondrous, supernatural
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.130:

     ἵνα θέσκελα ἔργα ἴδηαι

     hína théskela érga ídēai

     that thou mayst behold the wondrous doings

Declension

Second declension of θέσκελος; θέσκελον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θέσκελος théskelos	θέσκελον théskelon		θεσκέλω theskélō	θεσκέλω theskélō		θέσκελοι théskeloi	θέσκελᾰ théskela
Genitive		θεσκέλου theskélou	θεσκέλου theskélou		θεσκέλοιν theskéloin	θεσκέλοιν theskéloin		θεσκέλων theskélōn	θεσκέλων theskélōn
Dative		θεσκέλῳ theskélōi	θεσκέλῳ theskélōi		θεσκέλοιν theskéloin	θεσκέλοιν theskéloin		θεσκέλοις theskélois	θεσκέλοις theskélois
Accusative		θέσκελον théskelon	θέσκελον théskelon		θεσκέλω theskélō	θεσκέλω theskélō		θεσκέλους theskélous	θέσκελᾰ théskela
Vocative		θέσκελε théskele	θέσκελον théskelon		θεσκέλω theskélō	θεσκέλω theskélō		θέσκελοι théskeloi	θέσκελᾰ théskela
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεσκέλως theskélōs			θεσκελώτερος theskelṓteros			θεσκελώτᾰτος theskelṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θέσκελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θέσκελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θέσκελος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θέσκελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θέσκελος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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