κέλυφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, connected with the group of καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), with a Pre-Greek suffix.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ké.lyː.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈke.ly.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈce.ly.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.ly.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.li.fos/
Noun
κέλῡφος • (kélūphos) n (genitive κελῡ́φους); third declension
- sheath, case
- (botany) pod, shell
- (zoology) envelop of a chrysalis
- eggshell
- (anatomy) hollow of the eye
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κέλῡφος tò kélūphos |
τὼ κελῡ́φει tṑ kelū́phei |
τᾰ̀ κελῡ́φη tằ kelū́phē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κελῡ́φους toû kelū́phous |
τοῖν κελῡφοῖν toîn kelūphoîn |
τῶν κελῡφῶν tôn kelūphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κελῡ́φει tōî kelū́phei |
τοῖν κελῡφοῖν toîn kelūphoîn |
τοῖς κελῡ́φεσῐ / κελῡ́φεσῐν toîs kelū́phesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κέλῡφος tò kélūphos |
τὼ κελῡ́φει tṑ kelū́phei |
τᾰ̀ κελῡ́φη tằ kelū́phē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κέλῡφος kélūphos |
κελῡ́φει kelū́phei |
κελῡ́φη kelū́phē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κελῡ́φᾰνον (kelū́phănon)
- κελῡφᾰνώδης (kelūphănṓdēs)
- κελῡ́φῐον (kelū́phĭon)
- κελῡφοκομεῖον (kelūphokomeîon)
Descendants
- Greek: κέλυφος (kélyfos)
Further reading
- “κέλυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κέλυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κέλυφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Greek
Noun
κέλυφος • (kélyfos) n (plural κελύφη)
- shell (of mollusks, crustaceans, etc)
- eggshell
- nutshell
- shell, casing (around instrument or mechanism)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κέλυφος (kélyfos) | κελύφη (kelýfi) |
| genitive | κελύφους (kelýfous) | κελυφών (kelyfón) |
| accusative | κέλυφος (kélyfos) | κελύφη (kelýfi) |
| vocative | κέλυφος (kélyfos) | κελύφη (kelýfi) |