και ούτω καθεξής

Greek

Alternative forms

  • και ούτω καθ’ εξής (kai oúto kath’ exís)
  • κ.ο.κ. (k.o.k.) (abbreviation)

Etymology

See και (kai, “and”), ούτω (oúto, “so”, archaic adverb) & καθεξής (kathexís, “forth”, archaic adverb). According to Petrounias,[1] a semantic loan from German und so weiter (usw.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ce‿ˈuto kaθeˈksis/

Phrase

και ούτω καθεξής • (kai oúto kathexís)

  1. (formal) and so forth, and so on
    older spellings: καὶ οὕτω καθεξῆς, καὶ οὕτω καθ’ ἑξῆς

See also

  • και ακόλουθα (kai akóloutha, “and following”)
  • και άλλα (kai álla, “and others”)
  • και αλλού (kai alloú, “and elsewhere”)
  • και λοιπά (kai loipá, “et cetera”)
  • και τα λοιπά (kai ta loipá, “et cetera”)
  • και τα όμοια (kai ta ómoia, “and the same”)

References

  1. ^ και ούτω καθεξής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
    Etymologies, by Evangelos Petrounias.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.