κελοῖα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- καιλοῖα (kailoîa), κελέα (keléa), κελεῖα (keleîa), κελῆα (kelêa), κελύα (kelúa)
Etymology
According to Beekes, the variations suggest a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.lôi̯.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈly.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ceˈly.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈly.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈli.a/
Noun
κελοῖα • (keloîa)
- name of a contest for boys and youths at Sparta
Further reading
- “κελοῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN