κήλαστρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κηλάστρα (kēlástra), κήλαστρον (kḗlastron)

Etymology

Ultimate origin is unknown. Formation like δέπαστρον (dépastron) and κάναστρον (kánastron). The suffix is Pre-Greek.

Some authors argue that this is possibly a Mediterranean Wanderwort, and relate it with Sardinian golosti, colostri (“holly”) and Basque gorosti (“holly”). See those for more.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.las.tros/ → /ˈci.las.tros/ → /ˈci.las.tros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.las.tros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.las.tros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.las.tros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.las.tros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.las.tros/

Noun

κήλᾰστρος • (kḗlăstros) f (genitive κηλᾰ́στρου); second declension

1. holly (Ilex aquifolium)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ κήλᾰστρος; τῆς κηλᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κήλᾰστρος hē kḗlăstros	τὼ κηλᾰ́στρω tṑ kēlắstrō	αἱ κήλᾰστροι hai kḗlăstroi
Genitive	τῆς κηλᾰ́στρου tês kēlắstrou	τοῖν κηλᾰ́στροιν toîn kēlắstroin	τῶν κηλᾰ́στρων tôn kēlắstrōn
Dative	τῇ κηλᾰ́στρῳ têi kēlắstrōi	τοῖν κηλᾰ́στροιν toîn kēlắstroin	ταῖς κηλᾰ́στροις taîs kēlắstrois
Accusative	τὴν κήλᾰστρον tḕn kḗlăstron	τὼ κηλᾰ́στρω tṑ kēlắstrō	τᾱ̀ς κηλᾰ́στρους tā̀s kēlắstrous
Vocative	κήλᾰστρε kḗlăstre	κηλᾰ́στρω kēlắstrō	κήλᾰστροι kḗlăstroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Celastrus

Further reading

• “κήλαστρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κήλαστρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κήλαστρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 685