κέλυφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, connected with the group of καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), with a suffix.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.lyː.pʰos/ → /ˈce.ly.ɸos/ → /ˈce.li.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.lyː.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ly.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ly.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ly.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.li.fos/

Noun

κέλῡφος • (kélūphos) n (genitive κελῡ́φους); third declension

1. A sheath, a case
2. (botany) A pod, a shell
3. (zoology) The envelop of a chrysalis
4. An eggshell
5. (anatomy) The hollow of the eye

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κέλῡφος; τοῦ κελῡ́φους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κέλῡφος tò kélūphos	τὼ κελῡ́φει tṑ kelū́phei	τᾰ̀ κελῡ́φη tà kelū́phē
Genitive	τοῦ κελῡ́φους toû kelū́phous	τοῖν κελῡφοῖν toîn kelūphoîn	τῶν κελῡφῶν tôn kelūphôn
Dative	τῷ κελῡ́φει tôi kelū́phei	τοῖν κελῡφοῖν toîn kelūphoîn	τοῖς κελῡ́φεσῐ / κελῡ́φεσῐν toîs kelū́phesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κέλῡφος tò kélūphos	τὼ κελῡ́φει tṑ kelū́phei	τᾰ̀ κελῡ́φη tà kelū́phē
Vocative	κέλῡφος kélūphos	κελῡ́φει kelū́phei	κελῡ́φη kelū́phē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κελῡ́φανον (kelū́phanon)
• κελῡφανώδης (kelūphanṓdēs)
• κελῡ́φιον (kelū́phion)
• κελῡφοκομῖον (kelūphokomîon)

 

Descendants

• Greek: κέλυφος (kélyfos)

Synonyms

• γολύριον (golúrion)

Further reading

• “κέλυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κέλυφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Greek

Noun

κέλυφος • (kélyfos) n (plural κελύφη)

1. shell (of mollusks, crustaceans, etc)
2. eggshell
3. nutshell
4. shell, casing (around instrument or mechanism)

Declension

Declension of κέλυφος

	singular	plural
nominative	κέλυφος •	κελύφη •
genitive	κελύφους •	κελυφών •
accusative	κέλυφος •	κελύφη •
vocative	κέλυφος •	κελύφη •

Synonyms

• (eggshell, nutshell): τσόφλι n (tsófli)
• (seashell): κοχύλι n (kochýli)