κέλλω
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”). Cognates include Latin celer, Sanskrit कलयति (kaláyati), and Old English healdan (English hold).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kél.lɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkel.lo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcel.lo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcel.lo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.lo/
Verb
[edit]κέλλω • (kéllō)
Inflection
[edit] Present: κέλλω, κέλλομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔκελλον | ἔκελλες | ἔκελλε(ν) | ἐκέλλετον | ἐκελλέτην | ἐκέλλομεν | ἐκέλλετε | ἔκελλον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκελλόμην | ἐκέλλου | ἐκέλλετο | ἐκέλλεσθον | ἐκελλέσθην | ἐκελλόμεθᾰ | ἐκέλλεσθε | ἐκέλλοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | κέλσω | κέλσεις | κέλσει | κέλσετον | κέλσετον | κέλσομεν | κέλσετε | κέλσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | κέλσοιμῐ | κέλσοις | κέλσοι | κέλσοιτον | κελσοίτην | κέλσοιμεν | κέλσοιτε | κέλσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | κέλσομαι | κέλσῃ, κέλσει |
κέλσεται | κέλσεσθον | κέλσεσθον | κελσόμεθᾰ | κέλσεσθε | κέλσονται | ||||
optative | κελσοίμην | κέλσοιο | κέλσοιτο | κέλσοισθον | κελσοίσθην | κελσοίμεθᾰ | κέλσοισθε | κέλσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | κέλσειν | κέλσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | κέλσων | κελσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | κέλσουσᾰ | κελσομένη | |||||||||||
n | κέλσον | κελσόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἔκελσᾰ, ἐκελσᾰ́μην
Related terms
[edit]- κέλομαι (kélomai)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κέλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 670
Further reading
[edit]- “κέλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κέλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κέλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κέλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κέλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963