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κέρας

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κέρας κέρατος

Structure: κερατ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. horn (of an animal)
  2. horn as a material, or anything made of horn, such as a bow.
  3. horn (musical instrument)
  4. 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.

Examples

  • καὶ ποιήσεισ τὰ κέρατα ἐπὶ τῶν τεσσάρων γωνιῶν. ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔσται τὰ κέρατα. καὶ καλύψεισ αὐτὰ χαλκῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 27:2)
  • καὶ ποιήσεισ αὐτὸ πήχεωσ τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ πήχεωσ τὸ εὖροσ, τετράγωνον ἔσται, καὶ δύο πήχεων τὸ ὕψοσ. ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔσται τὰ κέρατα αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:2)
  • καὶ καταχρυσώσεισ αὐτὰ χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ, τὴν ἐσχάραν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ τοίχουσ αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ καὶ τὰ κέρατα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιήσεισ αὐτῷ στρεπτὴν στεφάνην χρυσῆν κύκλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:3)
  • καὶ ἐπιθήσει ὁ ἱερεὺσ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματοσ τοῦ μόσχου ἐπὶ τὰ κέρατα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ θυμιάματοσ τῆσ συνθέσεωσ τοῦ ἐναντίον Κυρίου, ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου. καὶ πᾶν τὸ αἷμα τοῦ μόσχου ἐκχεεῖ παρὰ τὴν βάσιν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων, ὅ ἐστι παρὰ τὰσ θύρασ τῆσ σκηνῆσ τοῦ μαρτυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. horn

  2. horn as a material

  3. horn

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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