κεστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεντέω (kentéō, “I prick, goad, spur on, stab”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kes.tós/ → /cesˈtos/ → /cesˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kes.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kesˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cesˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cesˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cesˈtos/

Adjective

κεστός • (kestós) m (feminine κεστή, neuter κεστόν); first/second declension

1. stitched, embroidered

Inflection

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κεστός kestós	κεστή kestḗ	κεστόν kestón		κεστώ kestṓ	κεστᾱ́ kestā́	κεστώ kestṓ		κεστοί kestoí	κεσταί kestaí	κεστᾰ́ kestá
Genitive		κεστοῦ kestoû	κεστῆς kestês	κεστοῦ kestoû		κεστοῖν kestoîn	κεσταῖν kestaîn	κεστοῖν kestoîn		κεστῶν kestôn	κεστῶν kestôn	κεστῶν kestôn
Dative		κεστῷ kestôi	κεστῇ kestêi	κεστῷ kestôi		κεστοῖν kestoîn	κεσταῖν kestaîn	κεστοῖν kestoîn		κεστοῖς kestoîs	κεσταῖς kestaîs	κεστοῖς kestoîs
Accusative		κεστόν kestón	κεστήν kestḗn	κεστόν kestón		κεστώ kestṓ	κεστᾱ́ kestā́	κεστώ kestṓ		κεστούς kestoús	κεστᾱ́ς kestā́s	κεστᾰ́ kestá
Vocative		κεστέ kesté	κεστή kestḗ	κεστόν kestón		κεστώ kestṓ	κεστᾱ́ kestā́	κεστώ kestṓ		κεστοί kestoí	κεσταί kestaí	κεστᾰ́ kestá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κεστῶς kestôs				κεστότερος kestóteros				κεστότᾰτος kestótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of κεστός; κεστή; κεστόν (Attic)

Noun

κεστός • (kestós) m (genitive κεστοῦ); second declension

1. girdle, belt

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κεστός ho kestós	τὼ κεστώ tṑ kestṓ	οἱ κεστοί hoi kestoí
Genitive	τοῦ κεστοῦ toû kestoû	τοῖν κεστοῖν toîn kestoîn	τῶν κεστῶν tôn kestôn
Dative	τῷ κεστῷ tôi kestôi	τοῖν κεστοῖν toîn kestoîn	τοῖς κεστοῖς toîs kestoîs
Accusative	τὸν κεστόν tòn kestón	τὼ κεστώ tṑ kestṓ	τοὺς κεστούς toùs kestoús
Vocative	κεστέ kesté	κεστώ kestṓ	κεστοί kestoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ κεστός; τοῦ κεστοῦ (Attic)

Derived terms

• πολῠ́κεστος (polúkestos)

Descendants

• → Latin: cestus
  • → English: cestus

Further reading

• “κεστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κεστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κεστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κεστός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963