καύσων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultmately from καίω (kaíō, “to kindle, burn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kǎu̯.sɔːn/ → /ˈkaɸ.son/ → /ˈkaf.son/

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

Noun

καύσων • (kaúsōn) m (genitive καύσωνος); third declension

1. burning heat, summer heat, heatwave
2. sirocco, a hot southern wind

Declension

Third declension of ὁ καύσων; τοῦ καύσωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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	τοῖν καυσώνοιν toîn kausṓnoin	τοῖς καύσωσῐ / καύσωσῐν toîs kaúsōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν καύσωνᾰ tòn kaúsōna	τὼ καύσωνε tṑ kaúsōne	τοὺς καύσωνᾰς toùs kaúsōnas
Vocative	καύσων kaúsōn	καύσωνε kaúsōne	καύσωνες kaúsōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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