"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], κέλητε [dual, nominative], οἱ κέλητες [nominative, plural], τοῦ κέλητος [genitive, singular], κελήτοιν [dual, genitive], κελήτων [genitive, plural], τῷ κέλητῐ [dative, singular], κελήτοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κέλησῐ [dative, plural], κέλησῐν [dative, plural], toîs kélēsĭ [dative, plural], toîs kélēsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν κέλητᾰ [accusative, singular], κέλητε [accusative, dual], τοὺς κέλητᾰς [accusative, plural], κέλης [singular, vocative], κέλητε [dual, vocative], κέλητες [plural, vocative], κέληξ [alternative]
  1. racehorse, courser, racer
    Sense id: en-κέλης-grc-noun-Gi1UD4rG Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Horses Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 40 47 Disambiguation of Horses: 44 41 15
  2. fast-sailing yacht with one bank of oars
    Sense id: en-κέλης-grc-noun-Nm~DyIbV Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Horses, Watercraft Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 40 47 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 25 50 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 59 37 Disambiguation of Horses: 44 41 15 Disambiguation of Watercraft: 0 100 0
  3. (figuratively) female genitals Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-κέλης-grc-noun-~nmdFWAA Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Horses Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 40 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 38 59 Disambiguation of Horses: 44 41 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: κελητῐ́ζω (kelētĭ́zō), κελήτῐον (kelḗtĭon)

Inflected forms

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  "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": "κέλητε",
      "roman": "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": "κελήτοιν",
      "roman": "kelḗtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κελήτων",
      "roman": "kelḗtōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κέλητῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kélētĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κελήτοιν",
      "roman": "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": "κέλητε",
      "roman": "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέληξ",
      "roman": "kélēx",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "13 40 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 41 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Horses",
          "orig": "grc:Horses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "racehorse, courser, racer"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέλης-grc-noun-Gi1UD4rG",
      "links": [
        [
          "racehorse",
          "racehorse"
        ],
        [
          "courser",
          "courser"
        ],
        [
          "racer",
          "racer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 40 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 50 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 59 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 41 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Horses",
          "orig": "grc:Horses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Watercraft",
          "orig": "grc:Watercraft",
          "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": "13 40 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 38 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 41 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Horses",
          "orig": "grc:Horses",
          "parents": [],
          "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"
    }
  ],
  "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": "κέλητε",
      "roman": "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": "κελήτοιν",
      "roman": "kelḗtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κελήτων",
      "roman": "kelḗtōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κέλητῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kélētĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κελήτοιν",
      "roman": "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": "κέλητε",
      "roman": "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέληξ",
      "roman": "kélēx",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κέλης"
}

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