κεραία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρας (kéras, “horn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.rǎi̯.aː/ → /ceˈrɛ.a/ → /ceˈre.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.rǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈrɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈrɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈre.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈre.a/

Noun

κεραίᾱ • (keraíā) f (genitive κεραίᾱς); first declension

1. antennae of the crayfish or of insect
2. anything projecting like a horn, hence:
   1. (nautical) yardarm
   2. projecting beam of a crane
   3. projecting parts of the huckle bone
   4. branching stake of wood, used as a pale in palisades
   5. (in the plural, astronomy) horns of the moon
   6. (in writing) apex of a letter
   7. leg of a pair of compasses
   8. projecting spur of a mountain
   9. (anatomy) supposed teat-like projections inside the womb
3. bow made of horn

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κεραίᾱ; τῆς κεραίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κεραίᾱ hē keraíā	τὼ κεραίᾱ tṑ keraíā	αἱ κεραῖαι hai keraîai
Genitive	τῆς κεραίᾱς tês keraíās	τοῖν κεραίαιν toîn keraíain	τῶν κεραιῶν tôn keraiôn
Dative	τῇ κεραίᾳ têi keraíāi	τοῖν κεραίαιν toîn keraíain	ταῖς κεραίαις taîs keraíais
Accusative	τὴν κεραίᾱν tḕn keraíān	τὼ κεραίᾱ tṑ keraíā	τᾱ̀ς κεραίᾱς tā̀s keraíās
Vocative	κεραίᾱ keraíā	κεραίᾱ keraíā	κεραῖαι keraîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱστοκεραίᾱ (histokeraíā)
• κεραΐδῐον (keraḯdion)
• κεραΐζω (keraḯzō)

 

Further reading

• “κεραία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεραία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κεραία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεραία (keraía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ceˈre.a/

Noun

κεραία • (keraía) f (plural κεραίες)

1. (technology) aerial, antenna (for radio, etc)
2. (entomology, zoology) horn, antenna, feeler (on insects)
3. (nautical) spar, yard (on sailing ships)

Declension

Declension of κεραία

	singular	plural
nominative	κεραία (keraía)	κεραίες (keraíes)
genitive	κεραίας (keraías)	κεραιών (keraión)
accusative	κεραία (keraía)	κεραίες (keraíes)
vocative	κεραία (keraía)	κεραίες (keraíes)

Synonyms

• (aerial): ιστός m (istós, “antenna, aerial mast”)