κάλαθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compared by Beekes to γυργαθός (gurgathós), κύαθος (kúathos) and ὁρμαθός (hormathós) and declared Pre-Greek.

Contended by Rosół as from Egyptian krḥt (“a basket for fruits as well as for flowers”), after a previous suggestion by Bernal of qrḥt (“pot”), which is both implausible, due the specific form of the containers and phonetic shapes in question.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.la.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la.θos/

Noun

κᾰ́λᾰθος • (kắlăthos) m (genitive κᾰλᾰ́θου); second declension

basket narrow at the base
(architecture) capital of a column
cooler, especially for wine
mould for casting iron
reservoir of an oil lamp

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́λᾰθος; τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́λᾰθος ho kắlăthos	τὼ κᾰλᾰ́θω tṑ kălắthō	οἱ κᾰ́λᾰθοι hoi kắlăthoi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́θου toû kălắthou	τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́θοιν toîn kălắthoin	τῶν κᾰλᾰ́θων tôn kălắthōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλᾰ́θῳ tōî kălắthōi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́θοιν toîn kălắthoin	τοῖς κᾰλᾰ́θοις toîs kălắthois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́λᾰθον tòn kắlăthon	τὼ κᾰλᾰ́θω tṑ kălắthō	τοὺς κᾰλᾰ́θους toùs kălắthous
Vocative	κᾰ́λᾰθε kắlăthe	κᾰλᾰ́θω kălắthō	κᾰ́λᾰθοι kắlăthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καλαθηφόρος (kalathēphóros)
καλάθιον (kaláthion)
καλαθίσκιον (kalathískion)
καλαθίσκος (kalathískos)
καλαθοειδής (kalathoeidḗs)
καλαθοπλόκος (kalathoplókos)
καλαθοποιός (kalathopoiós)
καλάθωσις (kaláthōsis)

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܩܠܬܐ (qaltā)
→ Latin: calathus
- Catalan: calaix
  - → Sardinian: calasciu
  - → Spanish: calaje
→ Georgian: კალათა (ḳalata), კალათი (ḳalati)
→ Laz: კალათი (ǩalati)
→ Old Armenian: կեղթ (kełtʻ), կաղթ (kałtʻ)
- Armenian: կաղաթ (kaġatʻ), կաղարթ (kaġartʻ), կալաթ (kalatʻ), կղաթ (kġatʻ)