κήλαστρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κηλάστρα (kēlástra), κήλαστρον (kḗlastron)

Etymology

Ultimate origin is unknown. Formation like δέπαστρον (dépastron) and κάναστρον (kánastron). The suffix is Pre-Greek.

Some authors argue that this is possibly a Mediterranean Wanderwort, and relate it with Sardinian golosti, colostri (“holly”) and Basque gorosti (“holly”). See those for more.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.las.tros/ → /ˈci.las.tros/ → /ˈci.las.tros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.las.tros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.las.tros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.las.tros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.las.tros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.las.tros/

Noun

κήλᾰστρος • (kḗlastros) f (genitive κηλᾰ́στρου); second declension

1. holly (Ilex aquifolium)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ κήλᾰστρος; τῆς κηλᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κήλᾰστρος hē kḗlastros	τὼ κηλᾰ́στρω tṑ kēlástrō	αἱ κήλᾰστροι hai kḗlastroi
Genitive	τῆς κηλᾰ́στρου tês kēlástrou	τοῖν κηλᾰ́στροιν toîn kēlástroin	τῶν κηλᾰ́στρων tôn kēlástrōn
Dative	τῇ κηλᾰ́στρῳ têi kēlástrōi	τοῖν κηλᾰ́στροιν toîn kēlástroin	ταῖς κηλᾰ́στροις taîs kēlástrois
Accusative	τὴν κήλᾰστρον tḕn kḗlastron	τὼ κηλᾰ́στρω tṑ kēlástrō	τᾱ̀ς κηλᾰ́στρους tā̀s kēlástrous
Vocative	κήλᾰστρε kḗlastre	κηλᾰ́στρω kēlástrō	κήλᾰστροι kḗlastroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Celastrus

Further reading

• “κήλαστρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κήλαστρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κήλαστρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 685