κελαινεφής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

By haplology from expected *κελαινονεφής (*kelainonephḗs), a bahuvrīhi compound of κελαινός (kelainós, “black”) +‎ νέφος (néphos, “cloud”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.lai̯.ne.pʰɛ̌ːs/ → /ce.lɛ.neˈɸis/ → /ce.le.neˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.lai̯.ne.pʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.lɛ.neˈpʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.lɛ.neˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.le.neˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.le.neˈfis/

Adjective

κελαινεφής • (kelainephḗs) m or f (neuter κελαινεφές); third declension

1. black with clouds
2. (generally) black, very dark

Declension

Third declension of κελαινεφής; κελαινεφές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κελαινεφής kelainephḗs	κελαινεφές kelainephés		κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî	κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî		κελαινεφεῖς kelainepheîs	κελαινεφῆ kelainephê
Genitive		κελαινεφοῦς kelainephoûs	κελαινεφοῦς kelainephoûs		κελαινεφοῖν kelainephoîn	κελαινεφοῖν kelainephoîn		κελαινεφῶν kelainephôn	κελαινεφῶν kelainephôn
Dative		κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî	κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî		κελαινεφοῖν kelainephoîn	κελαινεφοῖν kelainephoîn		κελαινεφέσῐ / κελαινεφέσῐν kelainephési(n)	κελαινεφέσῐ / κελαινεφέσῐν kelainephési(n)
Accusative		κελαινεφῆ kelainephê	κελαινεφές kelainephés		κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî	κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî		κελαινεφεῖς kelainepheîs	κελαινεφῆ kelainephê
Vocative		κελαινεφές kelainephés	κελαινεφές kelainephés		κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî	κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî		κελαινεφεῖς kelainepheîs	κελαινεφῆ kelainephê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κελαινεφῶς kelainephôs			κελαινεφέστερος kelainephésteros			κελαινεφέστᾰτος kelainephéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κελαινεφής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κελαινεφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κελαινεφής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κελαινεφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κελαινεφής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter