Καύκωνες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kǎu̯.kɔː.nes/ → /ˈkaɸ.ko.nes/ → /ˈkaf.ko.nes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǎu̯.kɔː.nes/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʍ.ko.nes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɸ.ko.nes/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ko.nes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ko.nes/

Proper noun

Καύκωνες • (Kaúkōnes) m (genitive Καυκώνων); third declension

1. Caucones, an Anatolian people settled in Elis

Inflection

Third declension of οἱ Καύκωνες; τῶν Καυκώνων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Καύκωνες hoi Kaúkōnes
Genitive	τῶν Καυκώνων tôn Kaukṓnōn
Dative	τοῖς Καύκωσῐ / Καύκωσῐν toîs Kaúkōsi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς Καύκωνᾰς toùs Kaúkōnas
Vocative	Καύκωνες Kaúkōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Caucōnēs

References

• “Καύκωνες”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Καύκωνες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette