Καισαρεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ (Kaisắreiă, Caesarea) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Καισᾰρεύς • (Kaisăreúsm (genitive Καισᾰρέως); third declension

  1. a Caesarean; of Caesarea
    • 550s AD, Procopius, History of the Wars 1.1.1:
      Προκόπιος Καισαρεὺς τοὺς πολέμους ξυνέγραψεν, οὓς Ἰουστινιανὸς ὁ Ρωμαίων βασιλεὺς πρὸς βαρβάρους διήνεγκε τούς τε ἑῴους καὶ ἑσπερίους,
      Prokópios Kaisareùs toùs polémous xunégrapsen, hoùs Ioustinianòs ho Rōmaíōn basileùs pròs barbárous diḗnenke toús te heōíous kaì hesperíous,
      • 1916 translation by H. B. Dewing
        Procopius of Caesarea has written the history of the wars which Justinian, Emperor of the Romans, waged against the barbarians of the East and of the West…

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