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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

  • διόπερ ἅμα τῷ δέξασθαι διὰ τῶν διαστημάτων τοὺσ προκινδυνεύοντασ καὶ συμπεσεῖν τὰ βαρέα τῶν ὅπλων ἀλλήλοισ, οἱ μὲν ἱππεῖσ οἱ τῶν Καρχηδονίων εὐθέωσ ἀπ’ ἀμφοῖν τοῖν κεράτοιν ἐπίεζον τοὺσ ὑπεναντίουσ, ὡσ ἂν τῷ πλήθει πολὺ διαφέροντεσ καὶ ταῖσ ἀκμαῖσ αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῶν ἵππων διὰ τὴν προειρημένην ἀκεραιότητα περὶ τὴν ἔξοδον· (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 73 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. horn

  2. horn as a material

  3. horn

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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