"καινός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See καινός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kai̯.nós/, /cɛˈnos/, /ceˈnos/, /kai̯.nós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /kɛˈnos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /cɛˈnos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ceˈnos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ceˈnos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *kəňňós, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥-yós, from *ken- (“new, fresh”). Cognates include Sanskrit कनीन (kanīna, “young”), Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā, “girl, maiden”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬈 (kaⁱne, “a maiden”) and, more distantly, Latin recens (“new, recent”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|inh|grk-pro>*kəňňós>new|id=new}}, {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ken-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*kəňňós}} Proto-Hellenic *kəňňós, {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*kn̥-yós}} Proto-Indo-European *kn̥-yós, {{cog|sa|कनीन|t=young}} Sanskrit कनीन (kanīna, “young”), {{cog|sa|कन्या|t=girl, maiden}} Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā, “girl, maiden”), {{cog|ae|𐬐𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬈|t=a maiden}} Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬈 (kaⁱne, “a maiden”), {{cog|la|recens|t=new, recent}} Latin recens (“new, recent”) Head templates: {{grc-adj-1&2|καινή|καινόν}} καινός • (kainós) m (feminine καινή, neuter καινόν); first/second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|καινός|ή}} Forms: kainós [romanization], καινή [feminine], καινόν [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], καινός [masculine, nominative, singular], καινή [feminine, nominative, singular], καινόν [neuter, nominative, singular], καινώ [dual, masculine, nominative], καινᾱ́ [dual, feminine, nominative], καινώ [dual, neuter, nominative], καινοί [masculine, nominative, plural], καιναί [feminine, nominative, plural], καινᾰ́ [neuter, nominative, plural], καινοῦ [genitive, masculine, singular], καινῆς [feminine, genitive, singular], καινοῦ [genitive, neuter, singular], καινοῖν [dual, genitive, masculine], καιναῖν [dual, feminine, genitive], καινοῖν [dual, genitive, neuter], καινῶν [genitive, masculine, plural], καινῶν [feminine, genitive, plural], καινῶν [genitive, neuter, plural], καινῷ [dative, masculine, singular], καινῇ [dative, feminine, singular], καινῷ [dative, neuter, singular], καινοῖν [dative, dual, masculine], καιναῖν [dative, dual, feminine], καινοῖν [dative, dual, neuter], καινοῖς [dative, masculine, plural], καιναῖς [dative, feminine, plural], καινοῖς [dative, neuter, plural], καινόν [accusative, masculine, singular], καινήν [accusative, feminine, singular], καινόν [accusative, neuter, singular], καινώ [accusative, dual, masculine], καινᾱ́ [accusative, dual, feminine], καινώ [accusative, dual, neuter], καινούς [accusative, masculine, plural], καινᾱ́ς [accusative, feminine, plural], καινᾰ́ [accusative, neuter, plural], καινέ [masculine, singular, vocative], καινή [feminine, singular, vocative], καινόν [neuter, singular, vocative], καινώ [dual, masculine, vocative], καινᾱ́ [dual, feminine, vocative], καινώ [dual, neuter, vocative], καινοί [masculine, plural, vocative], καιναί [feminine, plural, vocative], καινᾰ́ [neuter, plural, vocative], καινῶς [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], καινότερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], καινότᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. new, novel, recent Synonyms (new): νέος (néos)
    Sense id: en-καινός-grc-adj-IIMaVDLA Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 60 14 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 60 14 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 0 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 0 51 Disambiguation of 'new': 69 31 0
  2. fresh, unused
    Sense id: en-καινός-grc-adj-Sp5AWSNf
  3. strange, unusual
    Sense id: en-καινός-grc-adj-6l3a0tFG Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 0 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 0 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἐγκαίνια (enkaínia) (english: dedication), ἐκ καινῆς (ek kainês) (english: anew, afresh), καινότης (kainótēs) (english: newness), καινόω (kainóō) (english: to make new), τὸ καινὸν τοῦ πολέμου (tò kainòn toû polémou) (english: the unforeseen turn which war often takes)
Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "args": {
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        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾱ́",
      "roman": "kainā́",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "καινοί",
      "roman": "kainoí",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναί",
      "roman": "kainaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾰ́",
      "roman": "kainắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῦ",
      "roman": "kainoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῆς",
      "roman": "kainês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῦ",
      "roman": "kainoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "roman": "kainoîn",
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        "masculine"
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      "form": "καιναῖν",
      "roman": "kainaîn",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῶν",
      "roman": "kainôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῶν",
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      "form": "καινῷ",
      "roman": "kainôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῇ",
      "roman": "kainêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῷ",
      "roman": "kainôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖν",
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναῖν",
      "roman": "kainaîn",
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    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖν",
      "roman": "kainoîn",
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        "dual",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖς",
      "roman": "kainoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναῖς",
      "roman": "kainaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "καινοῖς",
      "roman": "kainoîs",
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    },
    {
      "form": "καινόν",
      "roman": "kainón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινήν",
      "roman": "kainḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινόν",
      "roman": "kainón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾱ́",
      "roman": "kainā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual",
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "form": "καινούς",
      "roman": "kainoús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "kainā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾰ́",
      "roman": "kainắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινέ",
      "roman": "kainé",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινή",
      "roman": "kainḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινόν",
      "roman": "kainón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾱ́",
      "roman": "kainā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοί",
      "roman": "kainoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναί",
      "roman": "kainaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾰ́",
      "roman": "kainắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῶς",
      "roman": "kainôs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινότερος",
      "roman": "kainóteros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινότᾰτος",
      "roman": "kainótătos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "καινή",
        "2": "καινόν"
      },
      "expansion": "καινός • (kainós) m (feminine καινή, neuter καινόν); first/second declension",
      "name": "grc-adj-1&2"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "καινός",
        "2": "ή"
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      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "60 14 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 14 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 0 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 0 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do not raise new troubles or rebellions now that the last ones are behind us",
          "ref": "Flavius Josephus, Roman Antiquities 7.265",
          "roman": "mḕ kinḗsēte pálin hēmîn kainàs epì taîs prṓtais tarakhàs kaì stáseis",
          "text": "μὴ κινήσητε πάλιν ἡμῖν καινὰς ἐπὶ ταῖς πρώταις ταραχὰς καὶ στάσεις"
        },
        {
          "english": "Whilst Nicolaus of Damascus and Strabo of Cappadocia both describe Pompey's and Gabinius' expeditions against the Jews, none tells anything new that is not in the other (description)",
          "ref": "Flavius Josephus, Roman Antiquities 14.104",
          "roman": "perì dè tês Pompēíou kaì Gabiníou strateías epì Ioudaíous gráphei Nikólaos ho Damaskēnòs kaì Strábōn ho Kappádox oudèn héteros hetérou kainóteron légōn",
          "text": "περὶ δὲ τῆς Πομπηίου καὶ Γαβινίου στρατείας ἐπὶ Ἰουδαίους γράφει Νικόλαος ὁ Δαμασκηνὸς καὶ Στράβων ὁ Καππάδοξ οὐδὲν ἕτερος ἑτέρου καινότερον λέγων"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "new, novel, recent"
      ],
      "id": "en-καινός-grc-adj-IIMaVDLA",
      "links": [
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ],
        [
          "novel",
          "novel"
        ],
        [
          "recent",
          "recent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31 0",
          "roman": "néos",
          "sense": "new",
          "word": "νέος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fresh, unused"
      ],
      "id": "en-καινός-grc-adj-Sp5AWSNf",
      "links": [
        [
          "fresh",
          "fresh"
        ],
        [
          "unused",
          "unused"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 0 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 0 51",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "strange, unusual"
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        [
          "strange",
          "strange"
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          "unusual",
          "unusual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kai̯.nós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cɛˈnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai̯.nós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛˈnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cɛˈnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "καινός"
}
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    "Ancient Greek adjectives",
    "Ancient Greek entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ken-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "dedication",
      "roman": "enkaínia",
      "word": "ἐγκαίνια"
    },
    {
      "english": "anew, afresh",
      "roman": "ek kainês",
      "word": "ἐκ καινῆς"
    },
    {
      "english": "newness",
      "roman": "kainótēs",
      "word": "καινότης"
    },
    {
      "english": "to make new",
      "roman": "kainóō",
      "word": "καινόω"
    },
    {
      "english": "the unforeseen turn which war often takes",
      "roman": "tò kainòn toû polémou",
      "word": "τὸ καινὸν τοῦ πολέμου"
    }
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      "name": "etymon"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कनीन",
        "t": "young"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कन्या",
        "t": "girl, maiden"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬐𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬈",
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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    }
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      "form": "καινή",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "καινόν",
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      ]
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      "form": "Attic declension-2",
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      "form": "grc-adecl",
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      "form": "First and second declension",
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    {
      "form": "καινός",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "καινή",
      "roman": "kainḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινόν",
      "roman": "kainón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾱ́",
      "roman": "kainā́",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοί",
      "roman": "kainoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναί",
      "roman": "kainaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾰ́",
      "roman": "kainắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῦ",
      "roman": "kainoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῆς",
      "roman": "kainês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῦ",
      "roman": "kainoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖν",
      "roman": "kainoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναῖν",
      "roman": "kainaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖν",
      "roman": "kainoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "form": "καινῶν",
      "roman": "kainôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῶν",
      "roman": "kainôn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "καινῶν",
      "roman": "kainôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῷ",
      "roman": "kainôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῇ",
      "roman": "kainêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῷ",
      "roman": "kainôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖν",
      "roman": "kainoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναῖν",
      "roman": "kainaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖν",
      "roman": "kainoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖς",
      "roman": "kainoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναῖς",
      "roman": "kainaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοῖς",
      "roman": "kainoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινόν",
      "roman": "kainón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινήν",
      "roman": "kainḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινόν",
      "roman": "kainón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾱ́",
      "roman": "kainā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινούς",
      "roman": "kainoús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "kainā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾰ́",
      "roman": "kainắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινέ",
      "roman": "kainé",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινή",
      "roman": "kainḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινόν",
      "roman": "kainón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾱ́",
      "roman": "kainā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινώ",
      "roman": "kainṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινοί",
      "roman": "kainoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καιναί",
      "roman": "kainaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινᾰ́",
      "roman": "kainắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινῶς",
      "roman": "kainôs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινότερος",
      "roman": "kainóteros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "καινότᾰτος",
      "roman": "kainótătos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "καινή",
        "2": "καινόν"
      },
      "expansion": "καινός • (kainós) m (feminine καινή, neuter καινόν); first/second declension",
      "name": "grc-adj-1&2"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "καινός",
        "2": "ή"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do not raise new troubles or rebellions now that the last ones are behind us",
          "ref": "Flavius Josephus, Roman Antiquities 7.265",
          "roman": "mḕ kinḗsēte pálin hēmîn kainàs epì taîs prṓtais tarakhàs kaì stáseis",
          "text": "μὴ κινήσητε πάλιν ἡμῖν καινὰς ἐπὶ ταῖς πρώταις ταραχὰς καὶ στάσεις"
        },
        {
          "english": "Whilst Nicolaus of Damascus and Strabo of Cappadocia both describe Pompey's and Gabinius' expeditions against the Jews, none tells anything new that is not in the other (description)",
          "ref": "Flavius Josephus, Roman Antiquities 14.104",
          "roman": "perì dè tês Pompēíou kaì Gabiníou strateías epì Ioudaíous gráphei Nikólaos ho Damaskēnòs kaì Strábōn ho Kappádox oudèn héteros hetérou kainóteron légōn",
          "text": "περὶ δὲ τῆς Πομπηίου καὶ Γαβινίου στρατείας ἐπὶ Ἰουδαίους γράφει Νικόλαος ὁ Δαμασκηνὸς καὶ Στράβων ὁ Καππάδοξ οὐδὲν ἕτερος ἑτέρου καινότερον λέγων"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "new, novel, recent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ],
        [
          "novel",
          "novel"
        ],
        [
          "recent",
          "recent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fresh, unused"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fresh",
          "fresh"
        ],
        [
          "unused",
          "unused"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strange, unusual"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strange",
          "strange"
        ],
        [
          "unusual",
          "unusual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kai̯.nós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cɛˈnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai̯.nós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛˈnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cɛˈnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ceˈnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "néos",
      "sense": "new",
      "word": "νέος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "καινός"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: καινός/Ancient Greek 'Number' base_tags={'-', 'n', 'l', 'c', 'i', 's', 'o', '2', 'e', 'A', 't', 'd'}",
  "path": [
    "καινός"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "καινός",
  "trace": ""
}

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