κελαινεφής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
By haplology from expected *κελαινονεφής (*kelainonephḗs), a bahuvrīhi compound of κελαινός (kelainós, “black”) + νέφος (néphos, “cloud”) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.lai̯.ne.pʰɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke.lɛ.neˈpʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ce.lɛ.neˈɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ce.le.neˈfis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ce.le.neˈfis/
Adjective
κελαινεφής • (kelainephḗs) m or f (neuter κελαινεφές); third declension
- black with clouds
- (generally) black, very dark
Declension
Third declension of κελαινεφής; κελαινεφές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | κελαινεφής kelainephḗs | κελαινεφές kelainephés | κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî | κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî | κελαινεφεῖς kelainepheîs | κελαινεφῆ kelainephê | ||||||||
Genitive | κελαινεφοῦς kelainephoûs | κελαινεφοῦς kelainephoûs | κελαινεφοῖν kelainephoîn | κελαινεφοῖν kelainephoîn | κελαινεφῶν kelainephôn | κελαινεφῶν kelainephôn | ||||||||
Dative | κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî | κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî | κελαινεφοῖν kelainephoîn | κελαινεφοῖν kelainephoîn | κελαινεφέσῐ / κελαινεφέσῐν kelainephési(n) | κελαινεφέσῐ / κελαινεφέσῐν kelainephési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | κελαινεφῆ kelainephê | κελαινεφές kelainephés | κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî | κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî | κελαινεφεῖς kelainepheîs | κελαινεφῆ kelainephê | ||||||||
Vocative | κελαινεφές kelainephés | κελαινεφές kelainephés | κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî | κελαινεφεῖ kelainepheî | κελαινεφεῖς kelainepheîs | κελαινεφῆ kelainephê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κελαινεφῶς kelainephôs | κελαινεφέστερος kelainephésteros | κελαινεφέστᾰτος kelainephéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κελαινεφής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κελαινεφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κελαινεφής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κελαινεφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κελαινεφής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter