Καῖσαρ

Contents
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
Τζαῖσαρ ‎(Tzaîsar‎) – Byzantine

Etymology

From Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation
(5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kâi̯.sar/  
(1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.sar/
(4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.sar/
(10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.sar/
(15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.sar/

Noun

Καῖσᾰρ • (Kaîsar) m (genitive Καίσᾰρος); third declension

1. Caesar
2. emperor
Declension
Third declension of ὁ Καῖσᾰρ; τοῦ Καίσᾰρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
ὁ Καῖσᾰρ τὼ Καίσᾰρε
οἱ Καίσᾰρες
Nominative
ho Kaîsar tṑ Kaísare hoi Kaísares
τοῦ Καίσᾰρος τοῖν Καισᾰ́ροιν τῶν Καισᾰ́ρων
Genitive
toû Kaísaros toîn Kaisároin tôn Kaisárōn
τοῖς Καίσᾰρσῐ /
τῷ Καίσᾰρῐ τοῖν Καισᾰ́ροιν
Dative Καίσᾰρσῐν
tôi Kaísari toîn Kaisároin
toîs Kaísarsi(n)
τὸν Καίσᾰρᾰ
τὼ Καίσᾰρε
τοὺς Καίσᾰρᾰς
Accusative
tòn Kaísara tṑ Kaísare toùs Kaísaras
Καῖσᾰρ
Καίσᾰρε
Καίσᾰρες
Vocative
Kaîsar Kaísare Kaísares

Notes: This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see
Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Καισᾰ́ρειος ‎(Kaisáreios‎)
Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ ‎(Kaisáreia‎) / καισᾰ́ρηᾰ ‎(kaisárēa‎)
Καισᾰρεών ‎(Kaisareṓn‎)
Καισᾰ́ρῐος ‎(Kaisários‎)

Descendants
Greek: Καίσαρ ‎(Kaísar‎), Καίσαρας ‎(Kaísaras‎)
→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲓⲥⲁⲣ ‎(kaisar‎)

→ Meroitic: 𐦢𐦫𐦯𐦢𐦲‎‎(kisri /kisari/‎)

→ Old Armenian: կայսր ‎(kaysr‎), կեսար ‎(kesar‎)
→ Old Georgian: კეისარი ‎(ḳeisari‎)
→ Russian: ке́сарь ‎(késarʹ‎)

References
Καῖσαρ (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=*k
ai=sar) in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
G2541 (http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2541&t=KJV) in
Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1]
(https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/efts/woodhouse/woodhouse_search.html), London: Routledge & Kegan
Paul Limited, page 1,004 (https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/efts/sqldbs/WOODHOUSE/
woodhouse.py?pageturn=1&pagenumber=1004)

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