"κήλων" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κήλων in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɛ̌ː.lɔːn/, /ˈci.lon/, /ˈci.lon/, /kɛ̌ː.lɔːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈke̝.lon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈci.lon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈci.lon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈci.lon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unknown. A secondary formation in -ων (-ōn). Vendryes proposed to start from κῆλον (kêlon, “arrow, projectile”) in the unattested sense of "penis", but this cannot be further substantiated. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown Head templates: {{grc-noun|κήλωνος|m|third}} κήλων • (kḗlōn) m (genitive κήλωνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κήλων|κήλωνος}} Forms: kḗlōn [romanization], κήλωνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ κήλων [nominative, singular], κήλωνε [dual, nominative], οἱ κήλωνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ κήλωνος [genitive, singular], κηλώνοιν [dual, genitive], κηλώνων [genitive, plural], τῷ κήλωνῐ [dative, singular], κηλώνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κήλωσῐ [dative, plural], κήλωσῐν [dative, plural], toîs kḗlōsĭ [dative, plural], toîs kḗlōsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν κήλωνᾰ [accusative, singular], κήλωνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς κήλωνᾰς [accusative, plural], κήλων [singular, vocative], κήλωνε [dual, vocative], κήλωνες [plural, vocative], κᾱ́λων [alternative, Doric]
  1. swape, swing-beam for drawing water
    Sense id: en-κήλων-grc-noun-qoO~BeNp Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Equids Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Equids: 78 22
  2. stallion, male ass
    Sense id: en-κήλων-grc-noun-eIiUw262 Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: κηλώνειον (kēlṓneion), κηλωνεύω (kēlōneúō), κηλωνοστάσιον (kēlōnostásion)
Categories (other): Toilet (room) Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 0 0
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      "name": "Toilet (room)",
      "orig": "grc:Toilet (room)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kēlōnostásion",
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        "genitive"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "κήλωσῐν",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "toîs kḗlōsĭn",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κήλωνᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾱ́λων",
      "roman": "kā́lōn",
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "77 23",
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          "_dis": "88 12",
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          "_dis": "78 22",
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          "orig": "grc:Equids",
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        "swape, swing-beam for drawing water"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ],
        [
          "beam",
          "beam"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "stallion"
        ],
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          "ass"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɛ̌ː.lɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛ̌ː.lɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke̝.lon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κήλων"
}
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    "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 with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "roman": "kēlṓneion",
      "word": "κηλώνειον"
    },
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      "roman": "kēlōneúō",
      "word": "κηλωνεύω"
    },
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      "word": "κηλωνοστάσιον"
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        "nominative",
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      "form": "τοῦ κήλωνος",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "κηλώνοιν",
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    {
      "form": "κηλώνων",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κήλωνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kḗlōnĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "κηλώνοιν",
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    {
      "form": "τοῖς κήλωσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κήλωσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "toîs kḗlōsĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "toîs kḗlōsĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κήλωνᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "κᾱ́λων",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "swape, swing-beam for drawing water"
      ],
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        ],
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          "swing",
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          "water",
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        [
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      "ipa": "/kɛ̌ː.lɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛ̌ː.lɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke̝.lon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.lon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κήλων"
}

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