κάλαθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compared by Beekes to γυργαθός (gurgathós), κύαθος (kúathos) and ὁρμαθός (hormathós) and declared Pre-Greek. Explained by Rosół as from Egyptian krḥt (“a basket for fruits as well as for flowers”), itself of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.la.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la.θos/

Noun

κᾰ́λᾰθος • (kálathos) m (genitive κᾰλᾰ́θου); second declension

basket narrow at the base
(architecture) capital of a column
cooler, especially for wine
mould for casting iron
reservoir of an oil lamp

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́λᾰθος; τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́λᾰθος ho kálathos	τὼ κᾰλᾰ́θω tṑ kaláthō	οἱ κᾰ́λᾰθοι hoi kálathoi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́θου toû kaláthou	τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́θοιν toîn kaláthoin	τῶν κᾰλᾰ́θων tôn kaláthōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλᾰ́θῳ tôi kaláthōi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰ́θοιν toîn kaláthoin	τοῖς κᾰλᾰ́θοις toîs kaláthois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́λᾰθον tòn kálathon	τὼ κᾰλᾰ́θω tṑ kaláthō	τοὺς κᾰλᾰ́θους toùs kaláthous
Vocative	κᾰ́λᾰθε kálathe	κᾰλᾰ́θω kaláthō	κᾰ́λᾰθοι kálathoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καλαθηφόρος (kalathēphóros)
καλάθιον (kaláthion)
καλαθίσκιον (kalathískion)
καλαθίσκος (kalathískos)
καλαθοειδής (kalathoeidḗs)
καλαθοπλόκος (kalathoplókos)
καλαθοποιός (kalathopoiós)
καλάθωσις (kaláthōsis)

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܩܠܬܐ (qaltā)
→ Latin: calathus
- Catalan: calaix
  - → Sardinian: calasciu
  - → Spanish: calaje
→ Georgian: კალათა (ḳalata), კალათი (ḳalati)
→ Laz: კალათი (ǩalati)
→ Old Armenian: կեղթ (kełtʻ), կաղթ (kałtʻ)
- Armenian: կաղաթ (kaġatʻ), կաղարթ (kaġartʻ), կալաթ (kalatʻ), կղաթ (kġatʻ)