Κελτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely derived from Proto-Celtic *gal- (“to be able”).[1] See also Γαλάτης (Galátēs) and Latin Gallus, which might be from the same source.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

Κελτός • (Keltós) m (genitive Κελτοῦ); second declension

  1. a Celt

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Κελτός; τοῦ Κελτοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Κελτός
ho Keltós		 τὼ Κελτώ
tṑ Keltṓ		 οἱ Κελτοί
hoi Keltoí
Genitive τοῦ Κελτοῦ
toû Keltoû		 τοῖν Κελτοῖν
toîn Keltoîn		 τῶν Κελτῶν
tôn Keltôn
Dative τῷ Κελτῷ
tôi Keltôi		 τοῖν Κελτοῖν
toîn Keltoîn		 τοῖς Κελτοῖς
toîs Keltoîs
Accusative τὸν Κελτόν
tòn Keltón		 τὼ Κελτώ
tṑ Keltṓ		 τοὺς Κελτούς
toùs Keltoús
Vocative Κελτέ
Kelté		 Κελτώ
Keltṓ		 Κελτοί
Keltoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
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