κεῦθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεύθω (keúthō, “conceal, cover, hide”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kêu̯.tʰos/ → /ˈceɸ.θos/ → /ˈcef.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kêu̯.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkew.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈceɸ.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcef.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcef.θos/

Noun

κεῦθος • (keûthos) n (genitive κεύθεος or κεύθους); third declension

1. innermost, depth, hiding

   Synonyms: κεῦθμα (keûthma), κευθμών (keuthmṓn), κευθμός (keuthmós)

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.482
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 24.204
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 300
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 334
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 483
   • 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 872
   • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 818

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κεῦθος; τοῦ κεύθους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κεῦθος tò keûthos	τὼ κεύθει tṑ keúthei	τᾰ̀ κεύθη tà keúthē
Genitive	τοῦ κεύθους toû keúthous	τοῖν κευθοῖν toîn keuthoîn	τῶν κευθῶν tôn keuthôn
Dative	τῷ κεύθει tôi keúthei	τοῖν κευθοῖν toîn keuthoîn	τοῖς κεύθεσῐ / κεύθεσῐν toîs keúthesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κεῦθος tò keûthos	τὼ κεύθει tṑ keúthei	τᾰ̀ κεύθη tà keúthē
Vocative	κεῦθος keûthos	κεύθει keúthei	κεύθη keúthē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of κεῦθος; κεύθεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κεῦθος keûthos	κεύθει / κεύθεε keúthei / keúthee	κεύθεᾰ keúthea
Genitive	κεύθεος / κεύθευς keútheos / keútheus	κευθέοιν keuthéoin	κευθέων keuthéōn
Dative	κεύθει / κεύθεῐ̈ keúthei / keútheï	κευθέοιν keuthéoin	κεύθεσῐ / κεύθεσῐν keúthesi(n)
Accusative	κεῦθος keûthos	κεύθει / κεύθεε keúthei / keúthee	κεύθεᾰ keúthea
Vocative	κεῦθος keûthos	κεύθει / κεύθεε keúthei / keúthee	κεύθεᾰ keúthea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “κεῦθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεῦθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κεῦθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κεῦθος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011