κέλαδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to ἄραδος (árados), ὅμαδος (hómados), ῥοῖβδος (rhoîbdos) and χρόμαδος (khrómados). Not related to κλητός (klētós) but it has been compared to κελαρύζω (kelarúzō, “to murmur”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.la.dos/ → /ˈce.la.ðos/ → /ˈce.la.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.la.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.la.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.la.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.la.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.la.ðos/

Noun

κέλᾰδος • (kélados) m (genitive κελᾰ́δου); second declension

1. loud noise, din, clamour
2. musical sound
3. clear voice; shout, cry
4. chirp of cicadas
5. twitter of birds

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κέλᾰδος ho kélados	τὼ κελᾰ́δω tṑ keládō	οἱ κέλᾰδοι hoi kéladoi
Genitive	τοῦ κελᾰ́δου toû keládou	τοῖν κελᾰ́δοιν toîn keládoin	τῶν κελᾰ́δων tôn keládōn
Dative	τῷ κελᾰ́δῳ tôi keládōi	τοῖν κελᾰ́δοιν toîn keládoin	τοῖς κελᾰ́δοις toîs keládois
Accusative	τὸν κέλᾰδον tòn kéladon	τὼ κελᾰ́δω tṑ keládō	τοὺς κελᾰ́δους toùs keládous
Vocative	κέλᾰδε kélade	κελᾰ́δω keládō	κέλᾰδοι kéladoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ κέλᾰδος; τοῦ κελᾰ́δου (Attic)

Derived terms

• δυσκέλαδος (duskélados)
• κελαδεινός (keladeinós)
• κελαδέω (keladéō)
• κελάδημα (keládēma)
• κελαδῆτις (keladêtis)
• κελαδοδρόμος (keladodrómos)

 

Further reading

• “κέλαδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κέλαδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κέλαδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κέλαδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κέλαδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN