According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin and related to κάραβος (kárabos, “prickly crustacean”), κεράμβηλον (kerámbēlon, “kind of beetle”) and κεράμβυξ (kerámbux, “cerambyx”).
κηρᾰφῐ́ς • (kērăphĭ́s) f (genitive κηρᾰφῐ́δος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ κηρᾰφῐ́ς hē kērăphĭ́s |
τὼ κηρᾰφῐ́δε tṑ kērăphĭ́de |
αἱ κηρᾰφῐ́δες hai kērăphĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κηρᾰφῐ́δος tês kērăphĭ́dos |
τοῖν κηρᾰφῐ́δοιν toîn kērăphĭ́doin |
τῶν κηρᾰφῐ́δων tôn kērăphĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κηρᾰφῐ́δῐ têi kērăphĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν κηρᾰφῐ́δοιν toîn kērăphĭ́doin |
ταῖς κηρᾰφῐ́σῐ / κηρᾰφῐ́σῐν taîs kērăphĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κηρᾰφῐ́δᾰ tḕn kērăphĭ́dă |
τὼ κηρᾰφῐ́δε tṑ kērăphĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς κηρᾰφῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kērăphĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κηρᾰφῐ́ς kērăphĭ́s |
κηρᾰφῐ́δε kērăphĭ́de |
κηρᾰφῐ́δες kērăphĭ́des | ||||||||||
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