"κέλης" meaning in Ancient Greek

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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 kélēsĭ [dative, plural], toîs kélēsĭn [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
    Sense id: en-κέλης-grc-noun-Nm~DyIbV 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 42 56 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: 8 27 66 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 (kelētĭ́zō), κελήτῐον (kelḗtĭon)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kelētĭ́zō",
      "word": "κελητῐ́ζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kelḗtĭon",
      "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 kélētĭ",
      "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 kélēsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kélēsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κέλητᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn kélētă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέλητε",
      "roman": "tṑ kélēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κέλητᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs kélētăs",
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "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": "8 27 66",
          "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 42 56",
          "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": "kelētĭ́zō",
      "word": "κελητῐ́ζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kelḗtĭon",
      "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 kélētĭ",
      "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 kélēsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kélēsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κέλητᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn kélētă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέλητε",
      "roman": "tṑ kélēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κέλητᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs kélētăs",
      "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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