"κεραία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κεραία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ke.rǎi̯.aː/, /ceˈrɛ.a/, /ceˈre.a/, /ke.rǎi̯.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /keˈrɛ.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ceˈrɛ.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ceˈre.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ceˈre.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|κέρας|-ῐ́ᾱ|t1=horn}} κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κεραίᾱ|κεραίᾱς|f|first}} κεραίᾱ • (keraíā) f (genitive κεραίᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κεραίᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: κεραίᾱ [canonical], keraíā [romanization], κεραίᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ κεραίᾱ [nominative, singular], κεραίᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ κεραῖαι [nominative, plural], τῆς κεραίᾱς [genitive, singular], κεραίαιν [dual, genitive], κεραιῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ κεραίᾳ [dative, singular], κεραίαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς κεραίαις [dative, plural], τὴν κεραίᾱν [accusative, singular], κεραίᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς κεραίᾱς [accusative, plural], κεραίᾱ [singular, vocative], κεραίᾱ [dual, vocative], κεραῖαι [plural, vocative]
  1. antennae of the crayfish or of insect
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-yXWCdqjD
  2. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    (nautical) yardarm
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-0ecJPu33 Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  3. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    projecting beam of a crane
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-p2S~NIS-
  4. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    projecting parts of the huckle bone
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-th~LKf~4 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Animal body parts, Bones Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 5 8 10 12 9 12 8 8 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 7 4 3 13 2 6 2 2 2 31 27 Disambiguation of Bones: 5 11 7 27 5 6 5 6 6 7 14
  5. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    branching stake of wood, used as a pale in palisades
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-IqreAg~g
  6. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    (in the plural, astronomy) horns of the moon
    Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-YdUC7lZj Categories (other): Astronomy, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 5 8 10 12 9 12 8 8 9 9 9 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  7. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    (in writing) apex of a letter
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-Sr0cZdRi
  8. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    leg of a pair of compasses
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-xoiN~Pps
  9. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    projecting spur of a mountain
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-15GGR7nc
  10. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
    (anatomy) supposed teat-like projections inside the womb
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-iUSalfVu Categories (other): Anatomy, Animal body parts Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 7 4 3 13 2 6 2 2 2 31 27 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  11. bow made of horn
    Sense id: en-κεραία-grc-noun-~sM1Zbpf Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Animal body parts Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 7 8 6 11 6 6 6 13 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 6 8 8 10 7 11 7 7 8 11 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 4 3 3 2 5 2 2 2 13 24 5 6 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 3 2 2 1 6 1 2 1 9 31 6 7 20 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 7 4 3 13 2 6 2 2 2 31 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἱστοκεραίᾱ (histokeraíā), κεραΐδῐον (keraḯdĭon), κεραΐζω (keraḯzō)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "histokeraíā",
      "word": "ἱστοκεραίᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "keraḯdĭon",
      "word": "κεραΐδῐον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "keraḯzō",
      "word": "κεραΐζω"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "af"
    }
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "First declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ἡ κεραίᾱ",
      "roman": "hē keraíā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "αἱ κεραῖαι",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "κεραιῶν",
      "roman": "keraiôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ κεραίᾳ",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὴν κεραίᾱν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τᾱ̀ς κεραίᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s keraíās",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "κεραίᾱ",
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "antennae of the crayfish or of insect"
      ],
      "id": "en-κεραία-grc-noun-yXWCdqjD",
      "links": [
        [
          "antennae",
          "antenna"
        ],
        [
          "crayfish",
          "crayfish"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "grc:Nautical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "yardarm"
      ],
      "id": "en-κεραία-grc-noun-0ecJPu33",
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        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
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          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "yardarm",
          "yardarm"
        ]
      ],
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        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "(nautical) yardarm"
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "projecting beam of a crane"
      ],
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        ],
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          "crane"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "5 8 10 12 9 12 8 8 9 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 4 3 13 2 6 2 2 2 31 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 11 7 27 5 6 5 6 6 7 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
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        }
      ],
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        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "projecting parts of the huckle bone"
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "huckle bone",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "branching stake of wood, used as a pale in palisades"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ],
        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ],
        [
          "palisade",
          "palisade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "grc:Astronomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 10 12 9 12 8 8 9 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "horns of the moon"
      ],
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        [
          "horn",
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        ],
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          "astronomy",
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          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ],
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        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "(in the plural, astronomy) horns of the moon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ],
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        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "apex of a letter"
      ],
      "id": "en-κεραία-grc-noun-Sr0cZdRi",
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "apex",
          "apex"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
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        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "(in writing) apex of a letter"
      ],
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        "in writing"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "leg of a pair of compasses"
      ],
      "id": "en-κεραία-grc-noun-xoiN~Pps",
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ],
        [
          "compass",
          "compass"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "projecting spur of a mountain"
      ],
      "id": "en-κεραία-grc-noun-15GGR7nc",
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
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        ],
        [
          "horn",
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        ],
        [
          "spur",
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        ],
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Anatomy",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 4 3 13 2 6 2 2 2 31 27",
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          "orig": "grc:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
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            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "supposed teat-like projections inside the womb"
      ],
      "id": "en-κεραία-grc-noun-iUSalfVu",
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        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
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        ],
        [
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          "anatomy"
        ],
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          "teat",
          "teat"
        ],
        [
          "projection",
          "projection"
        ],
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          "womb",
          "womb"
        ]
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        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "(anatomy) supposed teat-like projections inside the womb"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "9 6 7 8 6 11 6 6 6 13 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 8 8 10 7 11 7 7 8 11 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 4 3 13 2 6 2 2 2 31 27",
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            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bow made of horn"
      ],
      "id": "en-κεραία-grc-noun-~sM1Zbpf",
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
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        ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rǎi̯.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈrɛ.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈre.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rǎi̯.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keˈrɛ.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈrɛ.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈre.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈre.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κεραία"
}
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    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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    "grc:Bones"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "histokeraíā",
      "word": "ἱστοκεραίᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraḯdĭon",
      "word": "κεραΐδῐον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraḯzō",
      "word": "κεραΐζω"
    }
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        "t1": "horn"
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).",
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      "form": "κεραίᾱ",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "keraíā",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "κεραίᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ κεραίᾱ",
      "roman": "hē keraíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραίᾱ",
      "roman": "keraíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ κεραῖαι",
      "roman": "hai keraîai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς κεραίᾱς",
      "roman": "tês keraíās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραίαιν",
      "roman": "keraíain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραιῶν",
      "roman": "keraiôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ κεραίᾳ",
      "roman": "têi keraíāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραίαιν",
      "roman": "keraíain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς κεραίαις",
      "roman": "taîs keraíais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν κεραίᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn keraíān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραίᾱ",
      "roman": "keraíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς κεραίᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s keraíās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραίᾱ",
      "roman": "keraíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραίᾱ",
      "roman": "keraíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραῖαι",
      "roman": "keraîai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κεραίᾱ",
        "2": "κεραίᾱς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "κεραίᾱ • (keraíā) f (genitive κεραίᾱς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κεραίᾱ",
        "2": "ᾱς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "antennae of the crayfish or of insect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "antennae",
          "antenna"
        ],
        [
          "crayfish",
          "crayfish"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "yardarm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "yardarm",
          "yardarm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "(nautical) yardarm"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "projecting beam of a crane"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "beam",
          "beam"
        ],
        [
          "crane",
          "crane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "projecting parts of the huckle bone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ],
        [
          "huckle bone",
          "huckle bone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "branching stake of wood, used as a pale in palisades"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ],
        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ],
        [
          "palisade",
          "palisade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "horns of the moon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "(in the plural, astronomy) horns of the moon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "apex of a letter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "apex",
          "apex"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "(in writing) apex of a letter"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in writing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "leg of a pair of compasses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ],
        [
          "compass",
          "compass"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "projecting spur of a mountain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "spur",
          "spur"
        ],
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "supposed teat-like projections inside the womb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "teat",
          "teat"
        ],
        [
          "projection",
          "projection"
        ],
        [
          "womb",
          "womb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "anything projecting like a horn, hence:",
        "(anatomy) supposed teat-like projections inside the womb"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bow made of horn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rǎi̯.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈrɛ.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈre.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rǎi̯.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keˈrɛ.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈrɛ.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈre.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈre.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κεραία"
}

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