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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 ἀναβλέψασ Ἁβραὰμ τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ αὐτοῦ εἶδε, καὶ ἰδοὺ κριὸσ εἷσ κατεχόμενοσ ἐν φυτῷ Σαβὲκ τῶν κεράτων. καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν κριὸν καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν εἰσ ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἀντὶ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:13)
  • καὶ λήψῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματοσ τοῦ μόσχου καὶ θήσεισ ἐπὶ τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τῷ δακτύλῳ σου. τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν πᾶν αἷμα ἐκχεεῖσ παρὰ τὴν βάσιν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 29:12)
  • καὶ ἐξιλάσεται ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ Ἀαρὼν ἐπὶ τῶν κεράτων αὐτοῦ ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματοσ τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ καθαριεῖ αὐτὸ εἰσ γενεὰσ αὐτῶν. ἅγιον τῶν ἁγίων ἐστὶ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:10)
  • καὶ Ἀδωνίασ ἐφοβήθη ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαλωμὼν καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἀπῆλθε καὶ ἐπελάβετο τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 1:50)
  • καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ Σαλωμὼν λέγοντεσ. ἰδοὺ Ἀδωνίασ ἐφοβήθη τὸν βασιλέα Σαλωμὼν καὶ κατέχει τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λέγων. ὀμοσάτω μοι σήμερον Σαλωμών, εἰ οὐ θανατώσει τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ ἐν ρομφαίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 1:51)

Synonyms

  1. horn

  2. horn as a material

  3. horn

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