καικίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Achilles Tatius claimed that the name came from the river Κάϊκος (Káïkos), as this wind came over that river in its course.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kai̯.kí.aːs/ → /cɛˈci.as/ → /ceˈci.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kai̯.kí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kɛˈki.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cɛˈci.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈci.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈci.as/

Noun

καικίᾱς • (kaikíās) m (genitive καικίου); first declension

1. the north-east wind

Inflection

First declension of ὁ καικίᾱς; τοῦ καικίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ καικίᾱς ho kaikíās	τὼ καικίᾱ tṑ kaikíā	οἱ καικίαι hoi kaikíai
Genitive	τοῦ καικίου toû kaikíou	τοῖν καικίαιν toîn kaikíain	τῶν καικιῶν tôn kaikiôn
Dative	τῷ καικίᾳ tôi kaikíāi	τοῖν καικίαιν toîn kaikíain	τοῖς καικίαις toîs kaikíais
Accusative	τὸν καικίᾱν tòn kaikíān	τὼ καικίᾱ tṑ kaikíā	τοὺς καικίᾱς toùs kaikíās
Vocative	καικίᾱ kaikíā	καικίᾱ kaikíā	καικίαι kaikíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “καικίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καικίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καικίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN