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.
- Βακχίδησ δὲ ἦν ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ κέρατι. καὶ ἤγγισεν ἡ φάλαγξ ἐκ τῶν δύο μερῶν καὶ ἐφώνουν ταῖσ σάλπιγξι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 9:12)
- ΑΣΩ δὴ τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ ἆσμα τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ μου τῷ ἀμπελῶνί μου. ἀμπελὼν ἐγενήθη τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ ἐν κέρατι, ἐν τόπῳ πίονι. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 5:1)
- 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)
- ἀλλὰ σύ, ὦ τολμηρότατε, καὶ τὴν Ῥέαν αὐτὴν γραῦν ἤδη καὶ μητέρα τοσούτων θεῶν οὖσαν ἀνέπεισασ παιδεραστεῖν καὶ τὸ Φρύγιον μειράκιον ποθεῖν, καὶ νῦν ἐκείνη μέμηνεν ὑπὸ σοῦ καὶ ζευξαμένη τοὺσ λέοντασ, παραλαβοῦσα καὶ τοὺσ Κορύβαντασ ἅτε μανικοὺσ καὶ αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ, ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὴν Ἴδην περιπολοῦσιν, ἡ μὲν ὀλολύζουσα ἐπὶ τῷ Ἄττῃ, οἱ Κορύβαντεσ δὲ ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν τέμνεται ξίφει τὸν πῆχυν, ὁ δὲ ἀνεὶσ τὴν κόμην ἱέται μεμηνὼσ διὰ τῶν ὀρῶν, ὁ δὲ αὐλεῖ τῷ κέρατι, ὁ δὲ ἐπιβομβεῖ τῷ τυμπάνῳ ἢ ἐπικτυπεῖ τῷ κυμβάλῳ, καὶ ὅλωσ θόρυβοσ καὶ μανία τὰ ἐν τῇ Ἴδῃ ἅπαντά ἐστι. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:4)
- προεκάθητο δ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῷ τραχήλῳ τοῦ ἐλέφαντοσ Σατυρίσκοσ πεντάπηχυσ ἐστεφανωμένοσ πίτυοσ στεφάνῳ χρυσῷ, τῇ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ αἰγείῳ κέρατι χρυσῷ σημαίνων, ὁ δὲ ἐλέφασ σκευὴν εἶχε χρυσῆν καὶ περὶ τῷ τραχήλῳ κίσσινον χρυσοῦν στέφανον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 314)
Synonyms
-
horn
-
horn as a material
- κέδρος (anything made of such wood)
-
horn
