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.
- ὡσ δὲ τοῦτο ἐγένετο, δρομαῖοσ μὲν ὁ Ζεὺσ ὡρ́μησεν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλατταν φέρων αὐτὴν καὶ ἐνήχετο ἐμπεσών, ἡ δὲ πάνυ ἐκπλαγὴσ τῷ πράγματι τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν εἴχετο τοῦ κέρατοσ, ὡσ μὴ ἀπολισθάνοι, τῇ ἑτέρᾳ δὲ ἠνεμωμένον τὸν πέπλον ξυνεῖχεν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 2 1:3)
- τὸ δὲ ἄλλο σῶμα ἡ μὲν κεφαλὴ λεπτότατα τῷ αὐχένι συνέχεται καὶ ἔστιν εὐπεριάγωγοσ, οὐ συμπεφυκυῖα ὡσ ἡ τῶν ἀκρίδων ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ προπετεῖσ, πολὺ τοῦ κέρατοσ ἔχοντεσ· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 3:1)
- τρίτον ἄλλο πρὸσ τούτοισ ἄκουσον τιτάνου γὰρ εἰσ κόλλαν ἐμβαλὼν ᾗ κολλῶσι τὰ βιβλία, καὶ κηρὸν ἐκ τούτου ποιήσασ, ἔτι ὑγρὸν ὄντα ἐπετίθει τῇ σφραγῖδι καὶ ἀφελών ‐ αὐτίκα δὲ ξηρὸν γίγνεται καὶ κέρατοσ, μᾶλλον δὲ σιδήρου παγιώτερον ‐ τούτῳ ἐχρῆτο πρὸσ τὸν τύπον. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 21:10)
- ποῦ δὲ εἶδεν ἐκ κέρατοσ ἐλάφου κισσὸν ἀναφύντα; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 481)
- μετὰ ταῦτα περὶ τάξεωσ αὐτοῖσ λόγοσ ἐγένετο τῶν φίλων παρόντων, καὶ Βροῦτοσ ᾐτεῖτο Κάσσιον αὐτὸσ ἡγεῖσθαι τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρατοσ, ὃ δι’ ἐμπειρίαν καὶ ἡλικίαν μᾶλλον ᾤοντο Κασσίῳ προσήκειν. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 40 6:1)
Synonyms
-
horn
-
horn as a material
- κέδρος (anything made of such wood)
-
horn
