κέρας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kérats, probably remodeled from an earlier s-stem *kéras (like κᾰ́ρᾱ (kárā), κᾰ́ρηνον (kárēnon), κρᾱνίον (krāníon)), as preserved in e.g. κερασ-φόρος (keras-phóros, “with a horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; front of the skull; horn”);[1] see there for more. An older etymology supposes Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-n̥t-.
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
- the side branch (either left or right) of a military array for battle.
Inflection
κέρᾰς (kéras) was sometimes declined using the stem κέρᾰτ- (kérat-) and sometimes the stem κέρᾰ- (kéra-). Both are shown below.
Third declension of τὸ κέρᾰς; τοῦ κέρᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κέρᾰς tò kéras | τὼ κέρᾰτε tṑ kérate | τᾰ̀ κέρᾰτᾰ tà kérata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κέρᾰτος toû kératos | τοῖν κερᾰ́τοιν toîn kerátoin | τῶν κερᾰ́των tôn kerátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κέρᾰτῐ tôi kérati | τοῖν κερᾰ́τοιν toîn kerátoin | τοῖς κέρᾰσῐ / κέρᾰσῐν toîs kérasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κέρᾰς tò kéras | τὼ κέρᾰτε tṑ kérate | τᾰ̀ κέρᾰτᾰ tà kérata | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέρᾰς kéras | κέρᾰτε kérate | κέρᾰτᾰ kérata | ||||||||||
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Third declension of τὸ κέρᾰς; τοῦ κέρως (contracted, Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κέρᾰς tò kéras | τὼ κέρᾱ tṑ kérā | τᾰ̀ κέρᾱ tà kérā | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κέρως toû kérōs | τοῖν κεροῖν toîn keroîn | τῶν κερῶν tôn kerôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κέραι / κέρᾳ tôi kérai / kérāi | τοῖν κεροῖν toîn keroîn | τοῖς κέρᾰσῐ / κέρᾰσῐν toîs kérasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κέρᾰς tò kéras | τὼ κέρᾱ tṑ kérā | τᾰ̀ κέρᾱ tà kérā | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέρᾰς kéras | κέρᾱ kérā | κέρᾱ kérā | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- αἰγόκερᾰς (aigókeras)
- βούκερᾰς (boúkeras)
- κεράτινος (kerátinos)
- κεράτιον (kerátion)
- μονόκερως (monókerōs)
- ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κέρας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 676–677
- “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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- antler idem, page 32.
- arm idem, page 40.
- bend idem, page 73.
- branch idem, page 93.
- bugle idem, page 103.
- column idem, page 144.
- flank idem, page 325.
- fork idem, page 338.
- horn idem, page 406.
- reach idem, page 675.
- wing idem, page 981.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈce.ɾas/
Noun
κέρας • (kéras) n (plural κέρατα)
- (anatomy) horn
- (music) horn (wind instrument)
Declension
declension of κέρας
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κέρας • | κέρατα • |
genitive | κέρατος • | κεράτων • |
accusative | κέρας • | κέρατα • |
vocative | κέρας • | κέρατα • |
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