κερατία

See also: κεράτια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), potentially referring secondarily to the horn shape of the carob fruit, or just suffixing to a Semitic source attested in Arabic قَرَظ (qaraẓ, “acacia”), Classical Syriac ܩܸܪܲܛܵܐ (qerraṭṭā, “acacia; carob”). Compare κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōníā), κερωνῐ́ᾱ (kerōníā), κεράτιον (kerátion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.raː.tí.aː/ → /ce.raˈti.a/ → /ce.raˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.raː.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.raˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈti.a/

Noun

κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ • (kerātíā) f (genitive κερᾱτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Alternative form of κερατωνία (keratōnía)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κερᾱτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ hē kerātíā	τὼ κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerātíā	αἱ κερᾱτῐ́αι hai kerātíai
Genitive	τῆς κερᾱτῐ́ᾱς tês kerātíās	τοῖν κερᾱτῐ́αιν toîn kerātíain	τῶν κερᾱτῐῶν tôn kerātiôn
Dative	τῇ κερᾱτῐ́ᾳ têi kerātíāi	τοῖν κερᾱτῐ́αιν toîn kerātíain	ταῖς κερᾱτῐ́αις taîs kerātíais
Accusative	τὴν κερᾱτῐ́ᾱν tḕn kerātíān	τὼ κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerātíā	τᾱ̀ς κερᾱτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kerātíās
Vocative	κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ kerātíā	κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ kerātíā	κερᾱτῐ́αι kerātíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōníā), κερωνῐ́ᾱ (kerōníā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā),, κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion)

References

• “κερατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κερατία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette