According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin and related to κάραβος (kárabos, “prickly crustacean”), κεράμβηλον (kerámbēlon, “kind of beetle”) and κεράμβυξ (kerámbux, “cerambyx”).
κηρᾰφῐ́ς • (kēraphís) f (genitive κηρᾰφῐ́δος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ κηρᾰφῐ́ς hē kēraphís |
τὼ κηρᾰφῐ́δε tṑ kēraphíde |
αἱ κηρᾰφῐ́δες hai kēraphídes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κηρᾰφῐ́δος tês kēraphídos |
τοῖν κηρᾰφῐ́δοιν toîn kēraphídoin |
τῶν κηρᾰφῐ́δων tôn kēraphídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κηρᾰφῐ́δῐ têi kēraphídi |
τοῖν κηρᾰφῐ́δοιν toîn kēraphídoin |
ταῖς κηρᾰφῐ́σῐ / κηρᾰφῐ́σῐν taîs kēraphísi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κηρᾰφῐ́δᾰ tḕn kēraphída |
τὼ κηρᾰφῐ́δε tṑ kēraphíde |
τᾱ̀ς κηρᾰφῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kēraphídas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κηρᾰφῐ́ς kēraphís |
κηρᾰφῐ́δε kēraphíde |
κηρᾰφῐ́δες kēraphídes | ||||||||||
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