Καύκασος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Scythian *χrohu-käsi (“ice-shining, white with snow”). Compare also Old Armenian Կապկոհ (Kapkoh, “Caucasus”), Middle Persian [script needed] (Kap-kōf, “Caucasus”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǎu̯.ka.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʍ.ka.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɸ.ka.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ka.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ka.sos/

Proper noun

Καύκᾰσος • (Kaúkasos) m (genitive Καυκᾰ́σου); second declension

Caucasus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Καύκᾰσος; τοῦ Καυκᾰ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Καύκᾰσος ho Kaúkasos
Genitive	τοῦ Καυκᾰ́σου toû Kaukásou
Dative	τῷ Καυκᾰ́σῳ tôi Kaukásōi
Accusative	τὸν Καύκᾰσον tòn Kaúkason
Vocative	Καύκᾰσε Kaúkase
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Καυκᾰ́σῐον (Kaukásion)

Descendants

Armenian: Կովկաս (Kovkas)
Azerbaijani: Qafqaz
Georgian: კავკასია (ḳavḳasia)
Greek: Καύκασος (Káfkasos)
Hebrew: קווקז‎ (Kavkaz)
Latin: Caucasus
Persian: قفقاز‎ (qafqâz)
Russian: Кавказ (Kavkaz)
Tatar: Qawqaz
Turkish: Kafkasya
Ukrainian: Кавказ (Kavkaz)

References

Καύκασος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Καύκασος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005

Greek

Proper noun

Καύκασος • (Káfkasos)

Caucasus

Inflection

Declension of Καύκασος (Káfkasos)

	singular
nominative	Καύκασος •
genitive	Καυκάσου •
accusative	Καύκασο •
vocative	Καύκασε •

Derived terms

Καυκασία (Kafkasía)
Καυκάσιος (Kafkásios)

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