κέλυφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, connected with the group of καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), with a Pre-Greek suffix.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.ly.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ly.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ly.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ly.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.li.fos/

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Noun

κέλυφος • (kéluphos) n (genitive κελύφους); third declension

A sheath, a case
(botany) A pod, a shell
(zoology) The envelop of a chrysalis
An eggshell
(anatomy) The hollow of the eye

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κέλυφος; τοῦ κελύφους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κέλυφος tò kéluphos	τὼ κελύφει tṑ kelúphei	τᾰ̀ κελύφη tà kelúphē
Genitive	τοῦ κελύφους toû kelúphous	τοῖν κελυφοῖν toîn keluphoîn	τῶν κελυφῶν tôn keluphôn
Dative	τῷ κελύφει tôi kelúphei	τοῖν κελυφοῖν toîn keluphoîn	τοῖς κελύφεσῐ / κελύφεσῐν toîs kelúphesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κέλυφος tò kéluphos	τὼ κελύφει tṑ kelúphei	τᾰ̀ κελύφη tà kelúphē
Vocative	κέλυφος kéluphos	κελύφει kelúphei	κελύφη kelúphē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κελύφανον (kelúphanon)
κελυφανώδης (keluphanṓdēs)
κελύφιον (kelúphion)
κελυφοκομῖον (keluphokomîon)

Descendants

Greek: κέλυφος (kélyfos)

Synonyms

γολύριον (golúrion)

References

κέλυφος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κέλυφος 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

Greek

Noun

κέλυφος • (kélyfos) n (plural κελύφη)

shell (of mollusks, crustaceans, etc)
eggshell
nutshell
shell, casing (around instrument or mechanism)

Declension

declension of κέλυφος

	singular	plural
nominative	κέλυφος •	κελύφη •
genitive	κελύφους •	κελυφών •
accusative	κέλυφος •	κελύφη •
vocative	κέλυφος •	κελύφη •

Synonyms

(eggshell, nutshell): τσόφλι n (tsófli)
(seashell): κοχύλι n (kochýli)

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