Κάϋστρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a Luwian name. Folk etymology (possibly Strabo) described Cayster as the son of Achilles and Penthesilea, with possible influence from κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”), of which many were found in its valleys.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.ys.tros/ → /ˈka.ys.tros/ → /ˈka.is.tros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.ys.tros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ys.tros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ys.tros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ys.tros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.is.tros/

Proper noun

Κάϋστρος • (Káüstros) m (genitive Κᾰΰστρου); second declension

1. Cayster river; Küçük Menderes, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κάϋστρος; τοῦ Καΰστρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κάϋστρος ho Káüstros	τὼ Καΰστρω tṑ Kaǘstrō	οἱ Κάϋστροι hoi Káüstroi
Genitive	τοῦ Καΰστρου toû Kaǘstrou	τοῖν Καΰστροιν toîn Kaǘstroin	τῶν Καΰστρων tôn Kaǘstrōn
Dative	τῷ Καΰστρῳ tôi Kaǘstrōi	τοῖν Καΰστροιν toîn Kaǘstroin	τοῖς Καΰστροις toîs Kaǘstrois
Accusative	τὸν Κάϋστρον tòn Káüstron	τὼ Καΰστρω tṑ Kaǘstrō	τοὺς Καΰστρους toùs Kaǘstrous
Vocative	Κάϋστρε Káüstre	Καΰστρω Kaǘstrō	Κάϋστροι Káüstroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Καΰστριον (Kaǘstrion)

Descendants

• English: Cayster
• Greek: Κάυστρος (Káystros)
• Latin: Cayster

References

• A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, p. 898
• The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World, p. 303
• Man and the Word: The Orations of Himerius, p. 55

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005