Κελτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely derived from Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”). See also Γαλάτης (Galátēs) and Latin Gallus, which might be from the same source.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kel.tós/ → /celˈtos/ → /celˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kel.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kelˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /celˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /celˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /celˈtos/

Noun

Κελτός • (Keltós) m (genitive Κελτοῦ); second declension

1. a Celt

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κελτός; τοῦ Κελτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κελτός ho Keltós	τὼ Κελτώ tṑ Keltṓ	οἱ Κελτοί hoi Keltoí
Genitive	τοῦ Κελτοῦ toû Keltoû	τοῖν Κελτοῖν toîn Keltoîn	τῶν Κελτῶν tôn Keltôn
Dative	τῷ Κελτῷ tôi Keltôi	τοῖν Κελτοῖν toîn Keltoîn	τοῖς Κελτοῖς toîs Keltoîs
Accusative	τὸν Κελτόν tòn Keltón	τὼ Κελτώ tṑ Keltṓ	τοὺς Κελτούς toùs Keltoús
Vocative	Κελτέ Kelté	Κελτώ Keltṓ	Κελτοί Keltoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κελτός (Keltós)
• → Latin: Celtus
  • → English: Celt

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014