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Καύκασος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Καύκασος Καύκαση Καύκασον

Structure: Καυκας (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Mt. Caucasus

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Καύκασος Καύκάση Καύκασον
Genitive Καυκάσου Καύκάσης Καυκάσου
Dative Καυκάσῳ Καύκάσῃ Καυκάσῳ
Accusative Καύκασον Καύκάσην Καύκασον
Vocative Καύκασε Καύκάση Καύκασον
DualN/A/V Καυκάσω Καύκάσᾱ Καυκάσω
G/D Καυκάσοιν Καύκάσαιν Καυκάσοιν
PluralNominative Καύκασοι Καύ́κασαι Καύκασα
Genitive Καυκάσων Καύκασῶν Καυκάσων
Dative Καυκάσοις Καύκάσαις Καυκάσοις
Accusative Καυκάσους Καύκάσᾱς Καύκασα
Vocative Καύκασοι Καύ́κασαι Καύκασα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Καύκασος Καυκάσου Καυκασότερος Καυκασοτέρου Καυκασότατος Καυκασοτάτου
Adverb Καυκάσως Καυκασότερον Καυκασότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • παραλαβὼν δὲ ὁ Μεγαβάτησ τόν τε Ἀρισταγόρεα ἐκ τῆσ Μιλήτου καὶ τὴν Ιἄδα στρατιὴν καὶ τοὺσ Ναξίουσ ἔπλεε πρόφασιν ἐπ’ Ἑλλησπόντου, ἐπείτε δὲ ἐγένετο ἐν Χίῳ, ἔσχε τὰσ νέασ ἐσ Καύκασα, ὡσ ἐνθεῦτεν βορέῃ ἀνέμῳ ἐσ τὴν Νάξον διαβάλοι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 33 2:1)

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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