κερατία

See also: κεράτια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρᾰς (kérăs, “horn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), potentially referring secondarily to the horn shape of the carob fruit, or just suffixing to a Semitic source attested in Arabic قَرَظ (qaraẓ, “acacia”), Classical Syriac ܩܸܪܲܛܵܐ (qerraṭṭā, “acacia; carob”). Compare κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōnĭ́ā), κερωνῐ́ᾱ (kerōnĭ́ā), κεράτιον (kerátion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.raː.tí.aː/ → /ce.raˈti.a/ → /ce.raˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.raː.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.raˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈti.a/

Noun

κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ • (kerātĭ́ā) f (genitive κερᾱτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Alternative form of κερατωνία (keratōnía)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κερᾱτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ hē kerātĭ́ā	τὼ κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerātĭ́ā	αἱ κερᾱτῐ́αι hai kerātĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς κερᾱτῐ́ᾱς tês kerātĭ́ās	τοῖν κερᾱτῐ́αιν toîn kerātĭ́ain	τῶν κερᾱτῐῶν tôn kerātĭôn
Dative	τῇ κερᾱτῐ́ᾳ têi kerātĭ́āi	τοῖν κερᾱτῐ́αιν toîn kerātĭ́ain	ταῖς κερᾱτῐ́αις taîs kerātĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν κερᾱτῐ́ᾱν tḕn kerātĭ́ān	τὼ κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ tṑ kerātĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς κερᾱτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kerātĭ́ās
Vocative	κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ kerātĭ́ā	κερᾱτῐ́ᾱ kerātĭ́ā	κερᾱτῐ́αι kerātĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): κερᾱτωνῐ́ᾱ (kerātōnĭ́ā), κερωνῐ́ᾱ (kerōnĭ́ā), κερᾱτέᾱ (kerātéā),, κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tĭon)

References

• “κερατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κερατία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette