κηθίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, maybe of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɛː.tʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke̝ˈtʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ciˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ciˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈθis/
Noun
κηθίς • (kēthís) f (genitive κηθίδος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κηθῐ́ς hē kēthĭ́s |
τὼ κηθῐ́δε tṑ kēthĭ́de |
αἱ κηθῐ́δες hai kēthĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κηθῐ́δος tês kēthĭ́dos |
τοῖν κηθῐ́δοιν toîn kēthĭ́doin |
τῶν κηθῐ́δων tôn kēthĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κηθῐ́δῐ tēî kēthĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν κηθῐ́δοιν toîn kēthĭ́doin |
ταῖς κηθῐ́σῐ / κηθῐ́σῐν taîs kēthĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κηθῐ́δᾰ tḕn kēthĭ́dă |
τὼ κηθῐ́δε tṑ kēthĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς κηθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kēthĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κηθῐ́ς kēthĭ́s |
κηθῐ́δε kēthĭ́de |
κηθῐ́δες kēthĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κηθάριον (kēthárion)
- κηθίδιον (kēthídion)
- κήθιον (kḗthion)
Further reading
- “κηθίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κηθίς 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