κέλευσμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κέλευμᾰ (kéleuma)

Etymology

From κελεύω (keleúō, “urge, order”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.leu̯z.ma/ → /ˈce.leβz.ma/ → /ˈce.levz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.leu̯z.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.lewz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.leβz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.levz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.levz.ma/

Noun

κέλευσμᾰ • (kéleusma) n (genitive κελεύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. an order, command, behest
   1. call, summons

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κέλευσμᾰ; τοῦ κελεύσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κέλευσμᾰ tò kéleusma	τὼ κελεύσμᾰτε tṑ keleúsmate	τᾰ̀ κελεύσμᾰτᾰ tà keleúsmata
Genitive	τοῦ κελεύσμᾰτος toû keleúsmatos	τοῖν κελευσμᾰ́τοιν toîn keleusmátoin	τῶν κελευσμᾰ́των tôn keleusmátōn
Dative	τῷ κελεύσμᾰτῐ tôi keleúsmati	τοῖν κελευσμᾰ́τοιν toîn keleusmátoin	τοῖς κελεύσμᾰσῐ / κελεύσμᾰσῐν toîs keleúsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κέλευσμᾰ tò kéleusma	τὼ κελεύσμᾰτε tṑ keleúsmate	τᾰ̀ κελεύσμᾰτᾰ tà keleúsmata
Vocative	κέλευσμᾰ kéleusma	κελεύσμᾰτε keleúsmate	κελεύσμᾰτᾰ keleúsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: celeusma
  • Ligurian: ciüsma (Old Genoese)
    • → Italian: ciurma
      • → Catalan: xurma
      • → French: chiourme
      • → Greek: τσούρμο (tsoúrmo)
      • → Occitan: chorma
    • → Portuguese: chusma
    • → Spanish: chusma
  • Sicilian: chiurma
  • Spanish: saloma

References

• “κέλευσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κέλευσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κέλευσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2752 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • behest idem, page 71.
  • bidding idem, page 78.
  • boatswain idem, page 87.
  • charge idem, page 125.
  • command idem, page 146.
  • dictation idem, page 222.
  • order idem, page 578.
  • summons idem, page 837.