καυστός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καυτός (kautós) — inscriptional

Etymology

from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kau̯s.tós/ → /kaɸsˈtos/ → /kafsˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kau̯s.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaʍsˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaɸsˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kafsˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kafsˈtos/

Adjective

καυστός • (kaustós) m (feminine καυστή, neuter καυστόν); first/second declension

1. burnt

Declension

First and second declension of καυστός; καυστή; καυστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		καυστός kaustós	καυστή kaustḗ	καυστόν kaustón		καυστώ kaustṓ	καυστᾱ́ kaustā́	καυστώ kaustṓ		καυστοί kaustoí	καυσταί kaustaí	καυστᾰ́ kaustá
Genitive		καυστοῦ kaustoû	καυστῆς kaustês	καυστοῦ kaustoû		καυστοῖν kaustoîn	καυσταῖν kaustaîn	καυστοῖν kaustoîn		καυστῶν kaustôn	καυστῶν kaustôn	καυστῶν kaustôn
Dative		καυστῷ kaustôi	καυστῇ kaustêi	καυστῷ kaustôi		καυστοῖν kaustoîn	καυσταῖν kaustaîn	καυστοῖν kaustoîn		καυστοῖς kaustoîs	καυσταῖς kaustaîs	καυστοῖς kaustoîs
Accusative		καυστόν kaustón	καυστήν kaustḗn	καυστόν kaustón		καυστώ kaustṓ	καυστᾱ́ kaustā́	καυστώ kaustṓ		καυστούς kaustoús	καυστᾱ́ς kaustā́s	καυστᾰ́ kaustá
Vocative		καυστέ kausté	καυστή kaustḗ	καυστόν kaustón		καυστώ kaustṓ	καυστᾱ́ kaustā́	καυστώ kaustṓ		καυστοί kaustoí	καυσταί kaustaí	καυστᾰ́ kaustá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		καυστῶς kaustôs				καυστότερος kaustóteros				καυστότᾰτος kaustótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἔγκαυστος (énkaustos)
• καυστικός (kaustikós)
• καυστόν (kaustón)
• καυτόν (kautón)
• ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos, “wholly burnt”)

 

Further reading

• “καυστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καυστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette