κεράστης
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.rás.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈras.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ceˈras.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈras.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈras.tis/
Noun
editκερᾰ́στης • (kerástēs) m (genitive κερᾰ́στου); second declension
- horned viper (Cerastes cerastes)
- pest which destroys fig-trees
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κερᾰ́στης ho kerástēs |
τὼ κερᾰ́στᾱ tṑ kerástā |
οἱ κερᾰ́σται hoi kerástai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κερᾰ́στου toû kerástou |
τοῖν κερᾰ́σταιν toîn kerástain |
τῶν κερᾰστῶν tôn kerastôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κερᾰ́στῃ tôi kerástēi |
τοῖν κερᾰ́σταιν toîn kerástain |
τοῖς κερᾰ́σταις toîs kerástais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κερᾰ́στην tòn kerástēn |
τὼ κερᾰ́στᾱ tṑ kerástā |
τοὺς κερᾰ́στᾱς toùs kerástās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κερᾰ́στᾰ kerásta |
κερᾰ́στᾱ kerástā |
κερᾰ́σται kerástai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “κεράστης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κεράστης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
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