Καῦνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kâu̯.nos/ → /ˈka.βnos/ → /ˈka.vnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kâu̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.βnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vnos/

Proper noun

Καῦνος • (Kaûnos) f (genitive Καύνου); second declension

1. Caunus; Kaunos, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Καῦνος; τῆς Καύνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Καῦνος hē Kaûnos
Genitive	τῆς Καύνου tês Kaúnou
Dative	τῇ Καύνῳ têi Kaúnōi
Accusative	τὴν Καῦνον tḕn Kaûnon
Vocative	Καῦνε Kaûne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Καυνίας (Kaunías)
• Καύνῐος (Kaúnios)

Descendants

• Greek: Καύνος (Kávnos)
• Latin: Caunus
• Turkish: Kaunos

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005