"κηρός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κηρός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɛː.rós/, /ciˈros/, /ciˈros/, /kɛː.rós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ke̝ˈros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ciˈros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ciˈros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ciˈros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: A foreign loan from a substrate language, cognate with Latin cēra and Albanian qiri, and possibly also with Lithuanian korys, Latvian kāre. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{cog|la|cēra}} Latin cēra, {{cog|sq|qiri}} Albanian qiri, {{cog|lt|korys}} Lithuanian korys, {{cog|lv|kāre}} Latvian kāre Head templates: {{grc-noun|κηροῦ|m|second}} κηρός • (kērós) m (genitive κηροῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κηρός|ου}} Forms: kērós [romanization], κηροῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κηρός [nominative, singular], τὼ κηρώ [dual, nominative], οἱ κηροί [nominative, plural], τοῦ κηροῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν κηροῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν κηρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ κηρῷ [dative, singular], τοῖν κηροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς κηροῖς [dative, plural], τὸν κηρόν [accusative, singular], τὼ κηρώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς κηρούς [accusative, plural], κηρέ [singular, vocative], κηρώ [dual, vocative], κηροί [plural, vocative]
  1. beeswax, honeycomb
    Sense id: en-κηρός-grc-noun-dnfJAxHl Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 50 50
  2. (in the plural) wax tapers Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-κηρός-grc-noun-vchHzj9u Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 12 58 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 81 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 86 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: κήρινος (kḗrinos) Related terms: κήρινθος (kḗrinthos) (english: bee bread)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɛː.rós/, /ciˈros/, /ciˈros/, /kɛː.rós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ke̝ˈros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ciˈros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ciˈros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ciˈros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: kērós [romanization]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|grc|noun form}} κηρός • (kērós)
  1. genitive singular of κήρ (kḗr) Tags: form-of, genitive, singular Form of: κήρ (extra: kḗr)
    Sense id: en-κηρός-grc-noun-pOrGmsz9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive singular of κήρ (kḗr)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "κήρ",
          "κήρ#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛː.rós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ciˈros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ciˈros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛː.rós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke̝ˈros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ciˈros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ciˈros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ciˈros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κηρός"
}

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