καῦκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Schrijver compares Old Irish cuäch (“cup”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

καῦκος • (kaûkos) m (genitive καύκου); second declension

  1. kind of cup

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ καῦκος; τοῦ καύκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ καῦκος
ho kaûkos 		τὼ καύκω
tṑ kaúkō 		οἱ καῦκοι
hoi kaûkoi
Genitive τοῦ καύκου
toû kaúkou 		τοῖν καύκοιν
toîn kaúkoin 		τῶν καύκων
tôn kaúkōn
Dative τῷ καύκῳ
tōî kaúkōi 		τοῖν καύκοιν
toîn kaúkoin 		τοῖς καύκοις
toîs kaúkois
Accusative τὸν καῦκον
tòn kaûkon 		τὼ καύκω
tṑ kaúkō 		τοὺς καύκους
toùs kaúkous
Vocative καῦκε
kaûke 		καύκω
kaúkō 		καῦκοι
kaûkoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • καυκίον (kaukíon)

Descendants

  • → Latin: caucus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 264

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