κέλωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

The ending, which can be found also in ἕλωρ (hélōr) and τέκμωρ (tékmōr), suggests an original neuter descendance. Perhaps it arose from *κέρωρ by dissimilation, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”), the same root of Old Armenian սեռ (seṙ, “kind, species, race”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”), the same root of Lithuanian kìlti (“to rise”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.lɔːr/ → /ˈce.lor/ → /ˈce.lor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.lɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.lor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/

Noun

κέλωρ • (kélōr) m (genitive κέλορος); third declension

1. (poetic) son

   Synonym: υἱός (huiós)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κέλωρ; τοῦ κέλορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κέλωρ ho kélōr	τὼ κέλορε tṑ kélore	οἱ κέλορες hoi kélores
Genitive	τοῦ κέλορος toû kéloros	τοῖν κελόροιν toîn kelóroin	τῶν κελόρων tôn kelórōn
Dative	τῷ κέλορῐ tôi kélori	τοῖν κελόροιν toîn kelóroin	τοῖς κέλορσῐ / κέλορσῐν toîs kélorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κέλορᾰ tòn kélora	τὼ κέλορε tṑ kélore	τοὺς κέλορᾰς toùs kéloras
Vocative	κέλορ kélor	κέλορε kélore	κέλορες kélores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κελώρῐον (kelṓrion)

Etymology 2

If dissimilated from *κέρωρ, the word may derive from κείρω (keírō, “to cut”). However, given the meaning, one would rather expect a foreign word, perhaps of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.lɔːr/ → /ˈce.lor/ → /ˈce.lor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.lɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.lor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/

Noun

κέλωρ • (kélōr)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἐκτομίας (ektomías, “castrated person”), γάλλος (gállos, “eunuch”), σπάδων (spádōn, “eunuch”).

Etymology 3

From the same root of κελαρύζω (kelarúzō, “to murmur”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.lɔːr/ → /ˈce.lor/ → /ˈce.lor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.lɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.lor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.lor/

Noun

κέλωρ • (kélōr)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Further reading

• “κέλωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κέλωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κέλωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: κ