καυχάομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καυχέομαι (kaukhéomai)

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kau̯.kʰá.o.mai̯/ → /kaɸˈxa.o.mɛ/ → /kafˈxa.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kau̯.kʰá.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaʍˈkʰa.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaɸˈxa.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kafˈxa.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kafˈxa.o.me/

Verb

καυχᾰ́ομαι • (kaukháomai)

1. to speak loud, to boast, vaunt
   • Etymologicum Magnum 527.1
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 9.38
   • 519 BCE – 422 BCE, Cratinus, The Laconians 1
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Monostichoi 616
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.30
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 13.1.27
   • 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 9:2
   • 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Arrogance 35
   • Palatine Anthology 12.234

Inflection

   Present: καυχᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	καυχᾰ́ομαι	καυχᾰ́ῃ, καυχᾰ́ει	καυχᾰ́εται	καυχᾰ́εσθον	καυχᾰ́εσθον	καυχᾰόμεθᾰ	καυχᾰ́εσθε	καυχᾰ́ονται
	subjunctive	καυχᾰ́ωμαι	καυχᾰ́ῃ	καυχᾰ́ηται	καυχᾰ́ησθον	καυχᾰ́ησθον	καυχᾰώμεθᾰ	καυχᾰ́ησθε	καυχᾰ́ωνται
	optative	καυχᾰοίμην	καυχᾰ́οιο	καυχᾰ́οιτο	καυχᾰ́οισθον	καυχᾰοίσθην	καυχᾰοίμεθᾰ	καυχᾰ́οισθε	καυχᾰ́οιντο
	imperative		καυχᾰ́ου	καυχᾰέσθω	καυχᾰ́εσθον	καυχᾰέσθων		καυχᾰ́εσθε	καυχᾰέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						καυχᾰ́εσθαι
participle	m					καυχᾰόμενος
	f					καυχᾰομένη
	n					καυχᾰόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: καυχῶμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	καυχῶμαι	καυχᾷ	καυχᾶται	καυχᾶσθον	καυχᾶσθον	καυχώμεθᾰ	καυχᾶσθε	καυχῶνται
	subjunctive	καυχῶμαι	καυχᾷ	καυχᾶται	καυχᾶσθον	καυχᾶσθον	καυχώμεθᾰ	καυχᾶσθε	καυχῶνται
	optative	καυχῴμην	καυχῷο	καυχῷτο	καυχῷσθον	καυχῴσθην	καυχῴμεθᾰ	καυχῷσθε	καυχῷντο
	imperative		καυχῶ	καυχᾱ́σθω	καυχᾶσθον	καυχᾱ́σθων		καυχᾶσθε	καυχᾱ́σθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						καυχᾶσθαι
participle	m					καυχώμενος
	f					καυχωμένη
	n					καυχώμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: καυχήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	καυχήσομαι	καυχήσῃ, καυχήσει	καυχήσεται	καυχήσεσθον	καυχήσεσθον	καυχησόμεθᾰ	καυχήσεσθε	καυχήσονται
	optative	καυχησοίμην	καυχήσοιο	καυχήσοιτο	καυχήσοισθον	καυχησοίσθην	καυχησοίμεθᾰ	καυχήσοισθε	καυχήσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					καυχήσεσθαι
participle	m				καυχησόμενος
	f				καυχησομένη
	n				καυχησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐκαυχησᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐκαυχησᾰ́μην	ἐκαυχήσω	ἐκαυχήσᾰτο	ἐκαυχήσᾰσθον	ἐκαυχησᾰ́σθην	ἐκαυχησᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐκαυχήσᾰσθε	ἐκαυχήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	καυχησῶμαι	καυχησῇ	καυχησῆται	καυχησῆσθον	καυχησῆσθον	καυχησώμεθᾰ	καυχησῆσθε	καυχησῶνται
	optative	καυχησαίμην	καυχησαῖο	καυχησαῖτο	καυχησαῖσθον	καυχησαίσθην	καυχησαίμεθᾰ	καυχησαῖσθε	καυχησαῖντο
	imperative		καυχήσω	καυχησᾰ́σθω	καυχήσᾰσθον	καυχησᾰ́σθων		καυχήσᾰσθε	καυχησᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					καυχήσᾰσθαι
participle	m				καυχησᾰ́μενος
	f				καυχησᾰμένη
	n				καυχησᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐκαυχᾱσᾰ́μην (Aeolic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐκαυχᾱσᾰ́μην	ἐκαυχᾱ́σω	ἐκαυχᾱ́σᾰτο	ἐκαυχᾱ́σᾰσθον	ἐκαυχᾱσᾰ́σθην	ἐκαυχᾱσᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐκαυχᾱ́σᾰσθε	ἐκαυχᾱ́σᾰντο
	subjunctive	καυχᾱσῶμαι	καυχᾱσῇ	καυχᾱσῆται	καυχᾱσῆσθον	καυχᾱσῆσθον	καυχᾱσώμεθᾰ	καυχᾱσῆσθε	καυχᾱσῶνται
	optative	καυχᾱσαίμην	καυχᾱσαῖο	καυχᾱσαῖτο	καυχᾱσαῖσθον	καυχᾱσαίσθην	καυχᾱσαίμεθᾰ	καυχᾱσαῖσθε	καυχᾱσαῖντο
	imperative		καυχᾱ́σω	καυχᾱσᾰ́σθω	καυχᾱ́σᾰσθον	καυχᾱσᾰ́σθων		καυχᾱ́σᾰσθε	καυχᾱσᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					καυχᾱ́σᾰσθαι
participle	m				καυχᾱσᾰ́μενος
	f				καυχᾱσᾰμένη
	n				καυχᾱσᾰ́μενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: κεκαύχημαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κεκαύχημαι	κεκαύχησαι	κεκαύχηται	κεκαύχησθον	κεκαύχησθον	κεκαυχήμεθᾰ	κεκαύχησθε	κεκαύχηνται
	subjunctive	κεκαυχημένος ὦ	κεκαυχημένος ᾖς	κεκαυχημένος ᾖ	κεκαυχημένω ἦτον	κεκαυχημένω ἦτον	κεκαυχημένοι ὦμεν	κεκαυχημένοι ἦτε	κεκαυχημένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	κεκαυχημένος εἴην	κεκαυχημένος εἴης	κεκαυχημένος εἴη	κεκαυχημένω εἴητον/εἶτον	κεκαυχημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	κεκαυχημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	κεκαυχημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	κεκαυχημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		κεκαύχησο	κεκαυχήσθω	κεκαύχησθον	κεκαυχήσθων		κεκαύχησθε	κεκαυχήσθων
infinitive						κεκαυχῆσθαι
participle	m					κεκαυχημένος
	f					κεκαυχημένη
	n					κεκαυχημένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

• “καυχάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καυχάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καυχάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “καυχάομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2744 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible