"Καύκασος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Καύκασος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kǎu̯.ka.sos/, /ˈkaɸ.ka.sos/, /ˈkaf.ka.sos/, /kǎu̯.ka.sos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkaʍ.ka.sos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈkaɸ.ka.sos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈkaf.ka.sos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈkaf.ka.sos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kewk-. The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Scythian *xrohukäsi (“ice-shining, white with snow”) Compare also Old Armenian Կապկոհ (Kapkoh, “Caucasus”), Middle Persian [script needed] (Kap-kōf, “Caucasus”). Or possibly from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭥𐭯 (kʿp /⁠kof⁠/, “hill, mountain”), ultimately from Old Persian 𐎣𐎢𐎳 (k-u-f /⁠kaufa⁠/, “mountain”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*kewk-}} Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, {{unc|grc|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|grc|xsc-pro|*xrohukäsi||ice-shining, white with snow}} Proto-Scythian *xrohukäsi (“ice-shining, white with snow”), {{cog|xcl|Կապկոհ||Caucasus}} Old Armenian Կապկոհ (Kapkoh, “Caucasus”), {{cog|pal|||Caucasus|tr=Kap-kōf}} Middle Persian [script needed] (Kap-kōf, “Caucasus”), {{der|grc|pal|𐭪𐭥𐭯|t=hill, mountain|ts=kof}} Middle Persian 𐭪𐭥𐭯 (kʿp /⁠kof⁠/, “hill, mountain”), {{der|grc|peo|𐎣𐎢𐎳|t=mountain|ts=kaufa}} Old Persian 𐎣𐎢𐎳 (k-u-f /⁠kaufa⁠/, “mountain”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Καυκᾰ́σου|m|second|head=Καύκᾰσος}} Καύκᾰσος • (Kaúkasos) m (genitive Καυκᾰ́σου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Καύκᾰσος|ου|form=sing}} Forms: Καύκᾰσος [canonical], Kaúkasos [romanization], Καυκᾰ́σου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ Καύκᾰσος [nominative, singular], τοῦ Καυκᾰ́σου [genitive, singular], τῷ Καυκᾰ́σῳ [dative, singular], τὸν Καύκᾰσον [accusative, singular], Καύκᾰσε [singular, vocative]
  1. Caucasus Wikipedia link: Caucasus Derived forms: Καυκᾰ́σῐον (Kaukásion)
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        "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Caucasus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Caucasus",
          "Caucasus"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Caucasus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kǎu̯.ka.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɸ.ka.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaf.ka.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kǎu̯.ka.sos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaʍ.ka.sos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɸ.ka.sos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaf.ka.sos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaf.ka.sos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Καύκασος"
}

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