κέλης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κέληξ (kélēx)

Etymology

Perhaps a derivation in -ητ- from κέλομαι (kélomai, “to incite”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“fast, swift”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κέλης • (kélēs) m (genitive κέλητος); third declension

  1. racehorse, courser, racer
  2. fast-sailing yacht with one bank of oars
  3. (figuratively) female genitals

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κέλης; τοῦ κέλητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κέλης
ho kélēs 		τὼ κέλητε
tṑ kélēte 		οἱ κέλητες
hoi kélētes
Genitive τοῦ κέλητος
toû kélētos 		τοῖν κελήτοιν
toîn kelḗtoin 		τῶν κελήτων
tôn kelḗtōn
Dative τῷ κέλητῐ
tōî kélētĭ 		τοῖν κελήτοιν
toîn kelḗtoin 		τοῖς κέλησῐ / κέλησῐν
toîs kélēsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κέλητᾰ
tòn kélētă 		τὼ κέλητε
tṑ kélēte 		τοὺς κέλητᾰς
toùs kélētăs
Vocative κέλης
kélēs 		κέλητε
kélēte 		κέλητες
kélētes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κέλητας (kélitas)
  • → Latin: celēs

Further reading

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