κέρας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-; see there for more.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ké.ras/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈke.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈce.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.ras/
Noun
κέρας • (kéras) n (genitive κέρᾱτος or κέρᾰος or κέρως); third declension
- horn (of an animal)
- horn as a material, or anything made of horn, such as a bow.
- (music) horn (musical instrument)
- arm or branch of a river
Inflection
κέρᾰς (kéras) was sometimes declined using the stem κέρᾰτ- (kérat-) and sometimes the stem κέρᾰ- (kéra-). Both are shown below.
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κέρᾰς tò kéras |
τὼ κέρᾱτε tṑ kérāte |
τᾰ̀ κέρᾱτᾰ tà kérāta | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κέρᾱτος toû kérātos |
τοῖν κερᾱ́τοιν toîn kerā́toin |
τῶν κερᾱ́των tôn kerā́tōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κέρᾱτῐ tôi kérāti |
τοῖν κερᾱ́τοιν toîn kerā́toin |
τοῖς κέρᾱσῐ / κέρᾱσῐν toîs kérāsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κέρᾰς tò kéras |
τὼ κέρᾱτε tṑ kérāte |
τᾰ̀ κέρᾱτᾰ tà kérāta | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέρᾰς kéras |
κέρᾱτε kérāte |
κέρᾱτᾰ kérāta | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κέρᾰς tò kéras |
τὼ κέρᾰε tṑ kérae |
τᾰ̀ κέρᾰᾰ tà kéraa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κέρᾰος toû kéraos |
τοῖν κερᾰ́οιν toîn keráoin |
τῶν κερᾰ́ων tôn keráōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κέρᾰῐ̈ tôi kéraï |
τοῖν κερᾰ́οιν toîn keráoin |
τοῖς κέρᾰσῐ / κέρᾰσῐν toîs kérasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κέρᾰς tò kéras |
τὼ κέρᾰε tṑ kérae |
τᾰ̀ κέρᾰᾰ tà kéraa | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέρᾰς kéras |
κέρᾰε kérae |
κέρᾰᾰ kéraa | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
References
- “κέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κέρας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κέρας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- κέρας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κέρας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2768 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- κέρας in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Noun
κέρας • (kéras) n (plural κέρατα)
Declension
Declension of κέρας
Related terms
- κέρατο n (kérato, “horn”)
- κερατίνη f (keratíni, “keratin”)
- κερατάς m (keratás, “cuckold”)
- κέρας της Αμάλθειας n (kéras tis Amáltheias, “cornucopia, horn of plenty”)
Further reading
κέρας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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