κέλαδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to ἄραδος (árados), ὅμαδος (hómados), ῥοῖβδος (rhoîbdos) and χρόμαδος (khrómados). Not related to κλητός (klētós) but it has been compared to κελαρύζω (kelarúzō, “to murmur”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κέλᾰδος • (kélădos) m (genitive κελᾰ́δου); second declension

  1. loud noise, din, clamour
  2. musical sound
  3. clear voice; shout, cry
  4. chirp of cicadas
  5. twitter of birds

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κέλᾰδος; τοῦ κελᾰ́δου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κέλᾰδος
ho kélădos 		τὼ κελᾰ́δω
tṑ kelắdō 		οἱ κέλᾰδοι
hoi kélădoi
Genitive τοῦ κελᾰ́δου
toû kelắdou 		τοῖν κελᾰ́δοιν
toîn kelắdoin 		τῶν κελᾰ́δων
tôn kelắdōn
Dative τῷ κελᾰ́δῳ
tōî kelắdōi 		τοῖν κελᾰ́δοιν
toîn kelắdoin 		τοῖς κελᾰ́δοις
toîs kelắdois
Accusative τὸν κέλᾰδον
tòn kélădon 		τὼ κελᾰ́δω
tṑ kelắdō 		τοὺς κελᾰ́δους
toùs kelắdous
Vocative κέλᾰδε
kélăde 		κελᾰ́δω
kelắdō 		κέλᾰδοι
kélădoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • δυσκέλαδος (duskélados)
  • κελαδεινός (keladeinós)
  • κελαδέω (keladéō)
  • κελάδημα (keládēma)
  • κελαδῆτις (keladêtis)
  • κελαδοδρόμος (keladodrómos)

Further reading

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