Καῖσαρ
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kâi̯.sar/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.sar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcɛ.sar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.sar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.sar/
Noun
Καῖσᾰρ • (Kaîsar) m (genitive Καίσᾰρος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Καῖσᾰρ ho Kaîsar |
τὼ Καίσᾰρε tṑ Kaísare |
οἱ Καίσᾰρες hoi Kaísares | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Καίσᾰρος toû Kaísaros |
τοῖν Καισᾰ́ροιν toîn Kaisároin |
τῶν Καισᾰ́ρων tôn Kaisárōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Καίσᾰρῐ tôi Kaísari |
τοῖν Καισᾰ́ροιν toîn Kaisároin |
τοῖς Καίσᾰρσῐ / Καίσᾰρσῐν toîs Kaísarsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Καίσᾰρᾰ tòn Kaísara |
τὼ Καίσᾰρε tṑ Kaísare |
τοὺς Καίσᾰρᾰς toùs Kaísaras | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Καῖσᾰρ Kaîsar |
Καίσᾰρε Kaísare |
Καίσᾰρες Kaísares | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Καισᾰ́ρειος (Kaisáreios)
- Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ (Kaisáreia) / καισᾰ́ρηᾰ (kaisárēa)
- Καισᾰρεών (Kaisareṓn)
- Καισᾰ́ρῐος (Kaisários)
Descendants
- Greek: Καίσαρ (Kaísar), Καίσαρας (Kaísaras)
- → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲓⲥⲁⲣ (kaisar)
- → Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar)
- → Meroitic: 𐦲𐦢𐦯𐦫𐦢 (kisri /kisari/)
- → Aghwan: 𐕄𐔶𐕚𐔰𐕙 (ḳēsar), 𐕄𐔴𐕚𐔰𐕙 (ḳesar)
- → Old Armenian: կայսր (kaysr), կեսար (kesar)
- → Old Georgian: კეისარი (ḳeisari)
- → Russian: ке́сарь (késarʹ)
References
- “Καῖσαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G2541 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004