κέλευθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of κέλομαι (kélomai) and κελεύω (keleúō, “to urge, command”). Cognate with Lithuanian kẽlias and Latvian ceļš (“road, way”) and with Albanian kaloj (“to pass, walk by”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.leu̯.tʰos/ → /ˈce.leɸ.θos/ → /ˈce.lef.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.leu̯.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.lew.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.leɸ.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lef.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lef.θos/

Noun

κέλευθος • (kéleuthos) m (genitive κελεύθου); second declension; plural usually neuter κέλευθᾰ

1. (poetic) road, way, path

Inflection

Second declension of κέλευθος; κελεύθου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κέλευθος kéleuthos	κελεύθω keleúthō	κέλευθοι kéleuthoi
Genitive	κελεύθου / κελευθοῖο / κελεύθοιο / κελευθόο / κελεύθοο keleúthou / keleuthoîo / keleúthoio / keleuthóo / keleúthoo	κελεύθοιῐν keleúthoiin	κελεύθων keleúthōn
Dative	κελεύθῳ keleúthōi	κελεύθοιῐν keleúthoiin	κελεύθοισῐ / κελεύθοισῐν / κελεύθοις keleúthoisi(n) / keleúthois
Accusative	κέλευθον kéleuthon	κελεύθω keleúthō	κελεύθους keleúthous
Vocative	κέλευθε kéleuthe	κελεύθω keleúthō	κέλευθοι kéleuthoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Neuter plural forms

Second declension of κέλευθᾰ; κελεύθων (Epic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	κέλευθᾰ kéleutha
Genitive	κελεύθων keleúthōn
Dative	κελεύθοισῐ / κελεύθοισῐν / κελεύθοις keleúthoisi(n) / keleúthois
Accusative	κέλευθᾰ kéleutha
Vocative	κέλευθᾰ kéleutha
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἱπποκέλευθος (hippokéleuthos)

Related terms

• ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos)

Further reading

• “κέλευθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κέλευθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κέλευθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κέλευθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • coming idem, page 146.
  • course idem, page 178.
  • distance idem, page 240.
  • gait idem, page 352.
  • going idem, page 365.
  • journey idem, page 464.
  • passage idem, page 597.
  • path idem, page 598.
  • road idem, page 718.
  • track idem, page 885.
  • walk idem, page 960.
  • way idem, page 968.