κέρας
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κέρας
κέρατος
Structure:
κερατ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- horn (of an animal)
- horn as a material, or anything made of horn, such as a bow.
- horn (musical instrument)
- arm or branch of a river
Declension
Third declension
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.
- ἐπὶ ταῖσ πλευραῖσ καὶ τοῖσ ὤμοισ ὑμῶν διωθεῖσθε καὶ τοῖσ κέρασιν ὑμῶν ἐκερατίζετε καὶ πᾶν τὸ ἐκλεῖπον ἐξεθλίβετε. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 34:21)
- προσενόουν τοῖσ κέρασιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ κέρασ ἕτερον μικρὸν ἀνέβη ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ τρία κέρατα τῶν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἐξερριζώθη ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὡσεὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῷ κέρατι τούτῳ καὶ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 7:8)
- Τὸ δὲ ἱππικὸν σύμπαν κατὰ ἴλασ καὶ λόχουσ ὀκτὼ συντεταγμένον ἐφεστάτω τοῖσ πεζοῖσ, τὸ μὲν τοῖσ κέρασιν ἑκατέροισ προβολὴν ἔχον τοὺσ ὁπλίτασ πρὸ σφῶν καὶ τοὺσ τοξότασ, λόχοι δύο· (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 27:1)
- ὦ τᾶσ ἑπταφθόγγου μέλπων κιθάρασ ἐνοπάν, ἅτ’ ἀγραύλοισ κέρασιν ἐν ἀψύχοισ ἀχεῖ μουσᾶν ὕμνουσ εὐαχήτουσ, σοὶ μομφάν, ὦ Λατοῦσ παῖ, πρὸσ τάνδ’ αὐγὰν αὐδάσω. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 1:1)
- ἐμάχοντο δὲ οὐ μόνον οἱ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ μάλιστα τοῖσ κέρασιν ἐλέγοντο δὲ οὗτοι εἶναι ἀμφὶ τὰσ πέντε μυριάδασ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 16:4)
Synonyms
-
horn
-
horn as a material
- κέδρος (anything made of such wood)
-
horn
