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Κελτός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κελτός Κελτοῦ

Structure: Κελτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a Celt

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Κελτός Κελτώ Κελτοί
Genitive Κελτοῦ Κελτοῖν Κελτῶν
Dative Κελτῷ Κελτοῖν Κελτοῖς
Accusative Κελτόν Κελτώ Κελτούς
Vocative Κελτέ Κελτώ Κελτοί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπὶ τούτοισ δὲ οἱ Κελτοὶ ἱππῆσ, καὶ οὗτοι ἐπὶ δυοῖν, καὶ τούτων ἡγείσθω ἑκατόνταρχοσ, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ στρατοπέδου. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 4:2)
  • τὸν Ἡρακλέα οἱ Κελτοὶ Ὄγμιον ὀνομάζουσι φωνῇ τῇ ἐπιχωρίῳ, τὸ δὲ εἶδοσ τοῦ θεοῦ πάνυ ἀλλόκοτον γράφουσι, γέρων ἐστὶν αὐτοῖσ ἐσ τὸ ἔσχατον, ἀναφαλαντίασ, πολιὸσ ἀκριβῶσ ὅσαι λοιπαὶ τῶν τριχῶν, ῥυσὸσ τὸ δέρμα καὶ διακεκαυμένοσ ἐσ τὸ μελάντατον οἱοῖ̀ εἰσιν οἱ θαλαττουργοὶ γέροντεσ· (Lucian, Hercules, 1:1)
  • τὸν λόγον ἡμεῖσ οἱ Κελτοὶ οὐχ ὥσπερ ὑμεῖσ οἱ Ἕλληνεσ Ἑρμῆν οἰόμεθα εἶναι, ἀλλ’ Ἡρακλεῖ αὐτὸν εἰκάζομεν, ὅτι παρὰ πολὺ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἰσχυρότεροσ οὗτοσ. (Lucian, Hercules, 4:3)
  • ιε ̔19̓ Πῶσ Κελτοὶ θηρῶσιν καὶ πότε. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter pr17)
  • κα Περὶ τοῦ πῶσ θηρῶσιν Κελτοί. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter pr23)

Synonyms

  1. a Celt

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