κήλαστρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κηλάστρα (kēlástra), κήλαστρον (kḗlastron)

Etymology

Ultimate origin is unknown. Formation like δέπαστρον (dépastron) and κάναστρον (kánastron). The suffix is Pre-Greek.

Some authors argue that this is possibly a Mediterranean Wanderwort, and relate it with Sardinian golosti, colostri (“holly”) and Basque gorosti (“holly”).[1] See those for more.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κήλᾰστρος • (kḗlăstros) f (genitive κηλᾰ́στρου); second declension

  1. holly (Ilex aquifolium)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ κήλᾰστρος; τῆς κηλᾰ́στρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κήλᾰστρος
hē kḗlăstros 		τὼ κηλᾰ́στρω
tṑ kēlắstrō 		αἱ κήλᾰστροι
hai kḗlăstroi
Genitive τῆς κηλᾰ́στρου
tês kēlắstrou 		τοῖν κηλᾰ́στροιν
toîn kēlắstroin 		τῶν κηλᾰ́στρων
tôn kēlắstrōn
Dative τῇ κηλᾰ́στρῳ
tēî kēlắstrōi 		τοῖν κηλᾰ́στροιν
toîn kēlắstroin 		ταῖς κηλᾰ́στροις
taîs kēlắstrois
Accusative τὴν κήλᾰστρον
tḕn kḗlăstron 		τὼ κηλᾰ́στρω
tṑ kēlắstrō 		τᾱ̀ς κηλᾰ́στρους
tā̀s kēlắstrous
Vocative κήλᾰστρε
kḗlăstre 		κηλᾰ́στρω
kēlắstrō 		κήλᾰστροι
kḗlăstroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Celastrus

References

  1. ^ Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1992) “Materiales para un diccionario etimológico de la lengua vasca (XV)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume 26, number 3, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 825–826

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.