"κέλης" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κέλης in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ké.lɛːs/, /ˈce.lis/, /ˈce.lis/, /ké.lɛːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈke.le̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈce.lis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈce.lis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈce.lis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps a derivation in -ητ- from κέλομαι (kélomai, “to incite”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“fast, swift”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*kel-||fast, swift}} Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“fast, swift”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κέλητος|m|third}} κέλης • (kélēs) m (genitive κέλητος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κέλης|κέλητος}} Forms: kélēs [romanization], κέλητος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ κέλης [nominative, singular], τὼ κέλητε [dual, nominative], οἱ κέλητες [nominative, plural], τοῦ κέλητος [genitive, singular], τοῖν κελήτοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κελήτων [genitive, plural], τῷ κέλητῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν κελήτοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κέλησῐ [dative, plural], κέλησῐν [dative, plural], toîs kélēsi [dative, plural], toîs kélēsin [dative, plural], τὸν κέλητᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ κέλητε [accusative, dual], τοὺς κέλητᾰς [accusative, plural], κέλης [singular, vocative], κέλητε [dual, vocative], κέλητες [plural, vocative]
  1. racehorse, courser, racer
    Sense id: en-κέλης-grc-noun-Gi1UD4rG Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 16 42 41
  2. fast-sailing yacht with one bank of oars Categories (topical): Watercraft
    Sense id: en-κέλης-grc-noun-Nm~DyIbV Disambiguation of Watercraft: 2 54 44 Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 16 42 41
  3. (figuratively) female genitals Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Watercraft Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-κέλης-grc-noun-~nmdFWAA Disambiguation of Watercraft: 2 54 44 Disambiguation of Horses: 5 8 86 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 29 64 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 16 42 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 16 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 7 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: κέληξ (kélēx) Derived forms: κελητῐ́ζω (kelētízō), κελήτῐον (kelḗtion)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kelētízō",
      "word": "κελητῐ́ζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kelḗtion",
      "word": "κελήτῐον"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κέλητας"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κέλητας (kélitas)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κέλητας (kélitas)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "celēs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: celēs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: celēs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fast, swift"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“fast, swift”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps a derivation in -ητ- from κέλομαι (kélomai, “to incite”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“fast, swift”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kélēs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλητος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κέλης",
      "roman": "ho kélēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέλητε",
      "roman": "tṑ kélēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κέλητες",
      "roman": "hoi kélētes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κέλητος",
      "roman": "toû kélētos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κελήτοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kelḗtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κελήτων",
      "roman": "tôn kelḗtōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κέλητῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kélēti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κελήτοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kelḗtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κέλησῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλησῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kélēsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kélēsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κέλητᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn kélēta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέλητε",
      "roman": "tṑ kélēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κέλητᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs kélētas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλης",
      "roman": "kélēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλητε",
      "roman": "kélēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλητες",
      "roman": "kélētes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέλητος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "κέλης • (kélēs) m (genitive κέλητος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέλης",
        "2": "κέλητος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 42 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "racehorse, courser, racer"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέλης-grc-noun-Gi1UD4rG",
      "links": [
        [
          "racehorse",
          "racehorse"
        ],
        [
          "courser",
          "courser"
        ],
        [
          "racer",
          "racer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 42 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 54 44",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Watercraft",
          "orig": "grc:Watercraft",
          "parents": [
            "Nautical",
            "Vehicles",
            "Transport",
            "Machines",
            "All topics",
            "Technology",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fast-sailing yacht with one bank of oars"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέλης-grc-noun-Nm~DyIbV",
      "links": [
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
        [
          "yacht",
          "yacht"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "oar",
          "oar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 29 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 42 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 16 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 86",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Horses",
          "orig": "grc:Horses",
          "parents": [
            "Equids",
            "Livestock",
            "Odd-toed ungulates",
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "Mammals",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 54 44",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Watercraft",
          "orig": "grc:Watercraft",
          "parents": [
            "Nautical",
            "Vehicles",
            "Transport",
            "Machines",
            "All topics",
            "Technology",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female genitals"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέλης-grc-noun-~nmdFWAA",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) female genitals"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ké.lɛːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ké.lɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke.le̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kélēx",
      "word": "κέληξ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κέλης"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Horses",
    "grc:Watercraft"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kelētízō",
      "word": "κελητῐ́ζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kelḗtion",
      "word": "κελήτῐον"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κέλητας"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κέλητας (kélitas)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κέλητας (kélitas)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "celēs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: celēs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: celēs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fast, swift"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“fast, swift”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps a derivation in -ητ- from κέλομαι (kélomai, “to incite”), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“fast, swift”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kélēs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλητος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κέλης",
      "roman": "ho kélēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέλητε",
      "roman": "tṑ kélēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κέλητες",
      "roman": "hoi kélētes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κέλητος",
      "roman": "toû kélētos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κελήτοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kelḗtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κελήτων",
      "roman": "tôn kelḗtōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κέλητῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kélēti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κελήτοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kelḗtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κέλησῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλησῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kélēsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kélēsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κέλητᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn kélēta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέλητε",
      "roman": "tṑ kélēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κέλητᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs kélētas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλης",
      "roman": "kélēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλητε",
      "roman": "kélēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέλητες",
      "roman": "kélētes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέλητος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "κέλης • (kélēs) m (genitive κέλητος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέλης",
        "2": "κέλητος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "racehorse, courser, racer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "racehorse",
          "racehorse"
        ],
        [
          "courser",
          "courser"
        ],
        [
          "racer",
          "racer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fast-sailing yacht with one bank of oars"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
        [
          "yacht",
          "yacht"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "oar",
          "oar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "female genitals"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) female genitals"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ké.lɛːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ké.lɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke.le̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈce.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kélēx",
      "word": "κέληξ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κέλης"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.