κέλευθος
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ké.leu̯.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈke.lew.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈce.leɸ.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.lef.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.lef.θos/
Noun[edit]
κέλευθος • (kéleuthos) f (genitive κελεύθου); second declension; plural usually neuter κέλευθᾰ
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κέλευθος hē kéleuthos |
τὼ κελεύθω tṑ keleúthō |
αἱ κέλευθοι hai kéleuthoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κελεύθου tês keleúthou |
τοῖν κελεύθοιν toîn keleúthoin |
τῶν κελεύθων tôn keleúthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κελεύθῳ têi keleúthōi |
τοῖν κελεύθοιν toîn keleúthoin |
ταῖς κελεύθοις taîs keleúthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κέλευθον tḕn kéleuthon |
τὼ κελεύθω tṑ keleúthō |
τᾱ̀ς κελεύθους tā̀s keleúthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέλευθε kéleuthe |
κελεύθω keleúthō |
κέλευθοι kéleuthoi | ||||||||||
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- Neuter plural forms
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | κέλευθᾰ kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Genitive | κελεύθων keleúthōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | κελεύθοισῐ / κελεύθοισῐν / κελεύθοις keleúthoisi(n) / keleúthois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | κέλευθᾰ kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κέλευθᾰ kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ κέλευθᾰ tà kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν κελεύθων tôn keleúthōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς κελεύθοις toîs keleúthois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ κέλευθᾰ tà kéleutha | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κέλευθᾰ kéleutha | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- ἱπποκέλευθος (hippokéleuthos)
Related terms[edit]
- ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos)
Further reading[edit]
- “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.