καύσων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultmately from καίω (kaíō, “to kindle, burn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kǎu̯.sɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkaʍ.son/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkaɸ.son/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkaf.son/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkaf.son/
Noun
καύσων • (kaúsōn) m (genitive καύσωνος); third declension
- burning heat, summer heat, heatwave
- sirocco, a hot southern wind
Declension
Third declension of ὁ καύσων; τοῦ καύσωνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ καύσων ho kaúsōn | τὼ καύσωνε tṑ kaúsōne | οἱ καύσωνες hoi kaúsōnes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ καύσωνος toû kaúsōnos | τοῖν καυσώνοιν toîn kausṓnoin | τῶν καυσώνων tôn kausṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ καύσωνῐ tôi kaúsōni | καυσώνοιν kausṓnoin | τοῖς καύσωσῐ / καύσωσῐν toîs kaúsōsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν καύσωνᾰ tòn kaúsōna | καύσωνε kaúsōne | τοὺς καύσωνᾰς toùs kaúsōnas | ||||||||||
Vocative | καύσων kaúsōn | καύσωνε kaúsōne | καύσωνες kaúsōnes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: καύσωνας (káfsonas)
Further reading
- καύσων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καύσων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- καύσων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette