κέλης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κέληξ (kélēx)

Etymology

Perhaps a derivation in -ητ- from κέλομαι (kélomai, “to incite”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“fast, swift”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κέλης • (kélēs) m (genitive κέλητος); third declension

  1. racehorse, courser, racer
  2. fast-sailing yacht with one bank of oars
  3. (figuratively) female genitals

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ κέλης; τοῦ κέλητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κέλης
ho kélēs		 τὼ κέλητε
tṑ kélēte		 οἱ κέλητες
hoi kélētes
Genitive τοῦ κέλητος
toû kélētos		 τοῖν κελήτοιν
toîn kelḗtoin		 τῶν κελήτων
tôn kelḗtōn
Dative τῷ κέλητῐ
tôi kélēti		 τοῖν κελήτοιν
toîn kelḗtoin		 τοῖς κέλησῐ / κέλησῐν
toîs kélēsi(n)
Accusative τὸν κέλητᾰ
tòn kélēta		 τὼ κέλητε
tṑ kélēte		 τοὺς κέλητᾰς
toùs kélētas
Vocative κέλης
kélēs		 κέλητε
kélēte		 κέλητες
kélētes
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 *-ts.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: κέλητας (kélitas)
  • → Latin: celēs

Further reading
  • “κέλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “κέλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “κέλης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κέλης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κέλης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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
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