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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

  • ἆρ’ οὖν ὁ Καύκασοσ ἐπιτήδειοσ ἢ ὁ Παρνασσὸσ ἢ ὑψηλότεροσ ἀμφοῖν ὁ Ὄλυμποσ ἐκεινοσί; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 3:6)
  • ὁ μὲν Καύκασοσ, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, οὗτοσ, ω τὸν ἄθλιον τουτονὶ Τιτᾶνα προσηλῶσθαι δεήσει· (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 1:1)
  • ἢ οὐχ ἱκανὸσ εἶναί σοι δοκεῖ ὁ Καύκασοσ καὶ ἄλλουσ χωρῆσαι δύο προσπατταλευθέντασ; (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 2:3)
  • διὰ δ’ Ἀλέξανδρον τοὺσ Ἑλλήνων θεοὺσ Βάκτρα καὶ Καύκασοσ προσεκύνησε. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 5 7:1)
  • οὐκ ἂν εἶχεν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν Αἴγυπτοσ, οὐδὲ Μεσοποταμία Σελεύκειαν οὐδὲ Προφθασίαν Σογδιανὴ οὐδ’ Ἰνδία Βουκεφαλίαν, οὐδὲ πόλιν Ἑλλάδα Καύκασοσ παροικοῦσαν αἷσ ἐμπολισθεὶσ ἀπεσβέσθη τὸ ἄγριον καὶ μετέβαλε τὸ χεῖρον ὑπὸ τοῦ κρείττονοσ ἐθιζόμενον. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 5 12:5)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀγνοήσεισ αὖθισ ἔνθα ὁ Καύκασόσ ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἀπορήσεισ δεσμῶν, ἤν τι τεχνάζων ἁλίσκωμαι. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:3)

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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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