Uncertain. Schrijver compares Old Irish cuach (“cup”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”).[1]
καῦκος • (kaûkos) m (genitive καύκου); second declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ καῦκος ho kaûkos |
τὼ καύκω tṑ kaúkō |
οἱ καῦκοι hoi kaûkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ καύκου toû kaúkou |
τοῖν καύκοιν toîn kaúkoin |
τῶν καύκων tôn kaúkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ καύκῳ tôi kaúkōi |
τοῖν καύκοιν toîn kaúkoin |
τοῖς καύκοις toîs kaúkois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν καῦκον tòn kaûkon |
τὼ καύκω tṑ kaúkō |
τοὺς καύκους toùs kaúkous | ||||||||||
Vocative | καῦκε kaûke |
καύκω kaúkō |
καῦκοι kaûkoi | ||||||||||
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