κάλαϊς
See also: Κάλαϊς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κᾰ́λλᾰῐ̈ς (kắllăĭ̈s)
Etymology
Unknown. Not related to κάλλαιον (kállaion, “cock's comb”) or καλαΐς (kalaḯs, “hen”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.la.is/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.la.is/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.la.is/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.la.is/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.la.is/
Noun
κᾰ́λᾰῐ̈ς • (kắlăĭ̈s) m (genitive κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κᾰ́λᾰῐ̈ς ho kắlăĭ̈s |
τὼ κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δε tṑ kălắĭ̈de |
οἱ κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δες hoi kălắĭ̈des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δος toû kălắĭ̈dos |
τοῖν κᾰλᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn kălăĭ̈́doin |
τῶν κᾰλᾰῐ̈́δων tôn kălăĭ̈́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δῐ tōî kălắĭ̈dĭ |
τοῖν κᾰλᾰῐ̈́δοιν toîn kălăĭ̈́doin |
τοῖς κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈σῐ / κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈σῐν toîs kălắĭ̈sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈ν tòn kălắĭ̈n |
τὼ κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δε tṑ kălắĭ̈de |
τοὺς κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δᾰς toùs kălắĭ̈dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́λᾰῐ̈ kắlăĭ̈ |
κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δε kălắĭ̈de |
κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈δες kălắĭ̈des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κᾰλᾰ́ῐ̈νος (kălắĭ̈nos)
Descendants
- → Latin: callais
Further reading
- κάλαϊς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “καλάϊνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 621