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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ (Kaisáreia, “Caesarea”) + -εύς (-eús).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cɛˈsaˈreɸs/ → /ceˈsaˈrefs/
Noun
Καισᾰρεύς • (Kaisareús) m (genitive Καισᾰρέως); third declension
- a Caesarean; of Caesarea
550s AD,
Procopius,
History of the Wars 1.1.1:
- Προκόπιος Καισαρεὺς τοὺς πολέμους ξυνέγραψεν, οὓς Ἰουστινιανὸς ὁ Ρωμαίων βασιλεὺς πρὸς βαρβάρους διήνεγκε τούς τε ἑῴους καὶ ἑσπερίους,
- Prokópios Kaisareùs toùs polémous xunégrapsen, hoùs Ioustinianòs ho Rōmaíōn basileùs pròs barbárous diḗnenke toús te heṓious kaì hesperíous,
- 1916 translation by H. B. Dewing
- Procopius of Caesarea has written the history of the wars which Justinian, Emperor of the Romans, waged against the barbarians of the East and of the West…
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