κήλεος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of καίω (kaíō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.le.os/ → /ˈci.le.os/ → /ˈci.le.os/

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

Adjective

κήλεος • (kḗleos) m (feminine κηλέη, neuter κήλεον); first/second declension

1. (Epic) burning, blazing

Declension

First and second declension of κήλεος; κηλέη; κήλεον (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κήλεος kḗleos	κηλέη kēléē	κήλεον kḗleon		κηλέω kēléō	κηλέᾱ kēléā	κηλέω kēléō		κήλεοι kḗleoi	κήλεαι kḗleai	κήλεᾰ kḗlea
Genitive		κηλέου / κηλεοῖο / κηλέοιο / κηλεόο / κηλέοο kēléou / kēleoîo / kēléoio / kēleóo / kēléoo	κηλέης kēléēs	κηλέου / κηλεοῖο / κηλέοιο / κηλεόο / κηλέοο kēléou / kēleoîo / kēléoio / kēleóo / kēléoo		κηλέοιῐν kēléoiin	κηλέαιν / κηλέαιῐν / κηλέῃῐν kēléai(i)n / kēléēiin	κηλέοιῐν kēléoiin		κηλέων kēléōn	κηλεᾱ́ων / κηλεέ͜ων / κηλεῶν kēleā́ōn / kēleé͜ōn / kēleôn	κηλέων kēléōn
Dative		κηλέῳ kēléōi	κηλέῃ kēléēi	κηλέῳ kēléōi		κηλέοιῐν kēléoiin	κηλέαιν / κηλέαιῐν / κηλέῃῐν kēléai(i)n / kēléēiin	κηλέοιῐν kēléoiin		κηλέοισῐ / κηλέοισῐν / κηλέοις kēléoisi(n) / kēléois	κηλέῃσῐ / κηλέῃσῐν / κηλέῃς / κηλέαις kēléēisi(n) / kēléēis / kēléais	κηλέοισῐ / κηλέοισῐν / κηλέοις kēléoisi(n) / kēléois
Accusative		κήλεον kḗleon	κηλέην kēléēn	κήλεον kḗleon		κηλέω kēléō	κηλέᾱ kēléā	κηλέω kēléō		κηλέους kēléous	κηλέᾱς kēléās	κήλεᾰ kḗlea
Vocative		κήλεε kḗlee	κηλέη kēléē	κήλεον kḗleon		κηλέω kēléō	κηλέᾱ kēléā	κηλέω kēléō		κήλεοι kḗleoi	κήλεαι kḗleai	κήλεᾰ kḗlea
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κηλέως kēléōs				κηλεώτερος kēleṓteros				κηλεώτᾰτος kēleṓtatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

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