κεμάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κεμμάς (kemmás), κεμφάς (kemphás)

Etymology

A derivation in -άς (-ás), probably from an o-stem *κέμος (*kémos, “hornless”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem(h₂)- (“hornless”). Compare Proto-Germanic *hindiz (“hind, doe”)^[1] and Lithuanian šmùlas (“without horn”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.más/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈmas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈmas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈmas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈmas/

Noun

κεμᾰ́ς • (kemắs) f (genitive κεμᾰ́δος); third declension

pricket, two-year-old deer

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κεμᾰ́ς; τῆς κεμᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κεμᾰ́ς hē kemắs	τὼ κεμᾰ́δε tṑ kemắde	αἱ κεμᾰ́δες hai kemắdes
Genitive	τῆς κεμᾰ́δος tês kemắdos	τοῖν κεμᾰ́δοιν toîn kemắdoin	τῶν κεμᾰ́δων tôn kemắdōn
Dative	τῇ κεμᾰ́δῐ tēî kemắdĭ	τοῖν κεμᾰ́δοιν toîn kemắdoin	ταῖς κεμᾰ́σῐ / κεμᾰ́σῐν taîs kemắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κεμᾰ́δᾰ tḕn kemắdă	τὼ κεμᾰ́δε tṑ kemắde	τᾱ̀ς κεμᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s kemắdăs
Vocative	κεμᾰ́ς kemắs	κεμᾰ́δε kemắde	κεμᾰ́δες kemắdes
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 *-ds.

Derived terms

κεμᾰ́δειον (kemắdeion)
κεμᾰδοσσόος (kemădossóos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κεμάς, -άδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 671

“κεμάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κεμάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“κεμάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κεμάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κεμάς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
κεμάς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κεμάς, -άδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 671

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