κελεός

See also: Κελεός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κολεός (koleós), κολιός (koliós)

Etymology

Perhaps it belongs to κολάπτω (koláptō, “to peck”), κόλος (kólos, “docked, hornless”), together with κελοί (keloí, “chopper, cutter”). Bechtel connected Lithuanian kùlti (“to thresh”), but according to Huber the alternative forms are a sign of foreign origin. It is probable that these variations are due to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.le.ós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.leˈos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.leˈos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.leˈos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.leˈos/

Noun

κελεός • (keleós) m (genitive κελεοῦ); second declension

green woodpecker (Picus viridis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κελεός; τοῦ κελεοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κελεός ho keleós	τὼ κελεώ tṑ keleṓ	οἱ κελεοί hoi keleoí
Genitive	τοῦ κελεοῦ toû keleoû	τοῖν κελεοῖν toîn keleoîn	τῶν κελεῶν tôn keleôn
Dative	τῷ κελεῷ tōî keleōî	τοῖν κελεοῖν toîn keleoîn	τοῖς κελεοῖς toîs keleoîs
Accusative	τὸν κελεόν tòn keleón	τὼ κελεώ tṑ keleṓ	τοὺς κελεούς toùs keleoús
Vocative	κελεέ keleé	κελεώ keleṓ	κελεοί keleoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“κελεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κελεός 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