κεστός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κεντέω (kentéō, “I prick, goad, spur on, stab”) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kes.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kesˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cesˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cesˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /cesˈtos/
Adjective
κεστός • (kestós) m (feminine κεστή, neuter κεστόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | κεστός kestós |
κεστή kestḗ |
κεστόν kestón |
κεστώ kestṓ |
κεστᾱ́ kestā́ |
κεστώ kestṓ |
κεστοί kestoí |
κεσταί kestaí |
κεστᾰ́ kestắ | |||||
| Genitive | κεστοῦ kestoû |
κεστῆς kestês |
κεστοῦ kestoû |
κεστοῖν kestoîn |
κεσταῖν kestaîn |
κεστοῖν kestoîn |
κεστῶν kestôn |
κεστῶν kestôn |
κεστῶν kestôn | |||||
| Dative | κεστῷ kestōî |
κεστῇ kestēî |
κεστῷ kestōî |
κεστοῖν kestoîn |
κεσταῖν kestaîn |
κεστοῖν kestoîn |
κεστοῖς kestoîs |
κεσταῖς kestaîs |
κεστοῖς kestoîs | |||||
| Accusative | κεστόν kestón |
κεστήν kestḗn |
κεστόν kestón |
κεστώ kestṓ |
κεστᾱ́ kestā́ |
κεστώ kestṓ |
κεστούς kestoús |
κεστᾱ́ς kestā́s |
κεστᾰ́ kestắ | |||||
| Vocative | κεστέ kesté |
κεστή kestḗ |
κεστόν kestón |
κεστώ kestṓ |
κεστᾱ́ kestā́ |
κεστώ kestṓ |
κεστοί kestoí |
κεσταί kestaí |
κεστᾰ́ kestắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| κεστῶς kestôs |
κεστότερος kestóteros |
κεστότᾰτος kestótătos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
κεστός • (kestós) m (genitive κεστοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κεστός ho kestós |
τὼ κεστώ tṑ kestṓ |
οἱ κεστοί hoi kestoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κεστοῦ toû kestoû |
τοῖν κεστοῖν toîn kestoîn |
τῶν κεστῶν tôn kestôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κεστῷ tōî kestōî |
τοῖν κεστοῖν toîn kestoîn |
τοῖς κεστοῖς toîs kestoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κεστόν tòn kestón |
τὼ κεστώ tṑ kestṓ |
τοὺς κεστούς toùs kestoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κεστέ kesté |
κεστώ kestṓ |
κεστοί kestoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πολῠ́κεστος (polŭ́kestos)
Descendants
Further reading
- “κεστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κεστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κεστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κεστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κεστός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963