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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

  • καὶ γὰρ αὖ καὶ τοῦτον εἰσ τὴν Σκυθίαν ἀγαγὼν ὁ Ζεὺσ ἀνεσταύρωσεν ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου, τὸν ἀετὸν αὐτῷ παρακαταστήσασ τὸ ἧπαρ ὁσημέραι κολάψοντα. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 6:5)
  • καὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου κορυφή τισ ἐδείκνυτο ‐ Στρόβιλοσ τῇ κορυφῇ ὄνομα ‐ , ἵναπερ ὁ Προμηθεὺσ κρεμασθῆναι ὑπὸ Ἡφαίστου κατὰ πρόσταξιν Διὸσ μυθεύεται. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 11 8:2)
  • ὡσ ἔμοιγε ἱκανόν, εἰ μὴ πάνυ σοι γήϊνα ἔδοξε μηδὲ κομιδῇ ἄξια τοῦ Καυκάσου. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 2:4)
  • σὺ δὲ ‐ στωμύλοσ γὰρ εἶ καὶ δικανικὸσ ‐ ἀπολόγησαι ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὡσ δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον ἔθετο, ἀνεσταυρῶσθαί με πλησίον τῶν Κασπίων τούτων πυλῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου, οἴκτιστον θέαμα πᾶσι Σκύθαισ. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 4:3)
  • Μακεδόνεσ δὲ οἱ σὺν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ στρατεύσαντεσ Καύκασον αὐτὸ ἐκάλεον, ἄλλον τοῦτον Καύκασον, οὐ τὸν Σκυθικόν, ὡσ καὶ τὰ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ Καυκάσου λόγον κατέχεον ὅτι ἐπῆλθεν Ἀλέξανδροσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 2 4:1)

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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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