κελέβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin. It has also been connected with κάλπις (kálpis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.lé.bɛː/ → /ceˈle.βi/ → /ceˈle.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.lé.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈle.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈle.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈle.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈle.vi/

Noun

κελέβη • (kelébē) f (genitive κελέβης); first declension

1. A cup, a jar

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κελέβη; τῆς κελέβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κελέβη hē kelébē	τὼ κελέβᾱ tṑ kelébā	αἱ κελέβαι hai kelébai
Genitive	τῆς κελέβης tês kelébēs	τοῖν κελέβαιν toîn kelébain	τῶν κελεβῶν tôn kelebôn
Dative	τῇ κελέβῃ têi kelébēi	τοῖν κελέβαιν toîn kelébain	ταῖς κελέβαις taîs kelébais
Accusative	τὴν κελέβην tḕn kelébēn	τὼ κελέβᾱ tṑ kelébā	τᾱ̀ς κελέβᾱς tā̀s kelébās
Vocative	κελέβη kelébē	κελέβᾱ kelébā	κελέβαι kelébai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κελέβειον (kelébeion)

Descendants

• → English: kelebe

Further reading

• “κελέβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κελέβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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