Κελαιναί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.lai̯.nǎi̯/ → /ce.lɛˈnɛ/ → /ce.leˈne/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.lai̯.nǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.lɛˈnɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.lɛˈnɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.leˈne/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.leˈne/

Proper noun

Κελαιναί • (Kelainaí) f pl (genitive Κελαινῶν); first declension

1. Celaenae, Phrygia, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Κελαιναί; τῶν Κελαινῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Κελαιναί hai Kelainaí
Genitive	τῶν Κελαινῶν tôn Kelainôn
Dative	ταῖς Κελαιναῖς taîs Kelainaîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Κελαινᾱ́ς tā̀s Kelainā́s
Vocative	Κελαιναί Kelainaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κελαινεύς (Kelaineús)

Descendants

• Greek: Κελαινές (Kelainés)
• → Latin: Celaenae

Further reading

• Κελαιναί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005