Καισαρεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ (Kaisắreiă, “Caesarea”) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /cɛˈsaˈreɸs/ → /ceˈsaˈrefs/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kɛˈsaˈrews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cɛˈsaˈreɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈsaˈrefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈsaˈrefs/

Noun

Καισᾰρεύς • (Kaisăreús) m (genitive Καισᾰρέως); third declension

1. 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…

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Καισᾰρεύς; τοῦ Καισᾰρέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Καισᾰρεύς ho Kaisăreús	τὼ Καισᾰρῆ tṑ Kaisărê	οἱ Καισᾰρῆς / Καισᾰρεῖς hoi Kaisărês / Kaisăreîs
Genitive	τοῦ Καισᾰρέως toû Kaisăréōs	τοῖν Καισᾰρέοιν toîn Kaisăréoin	τῶν Καισᾰρέων tôn Kaisăréōn
Dative	τῷ Καισᾰρεῖ tôi Kaisăreî	τοῖν Καισᾰρέοιν toîn Kaisăréoin	τοῖς Καισᾰρεῦσῐ / Καισᾰρεῦσῐν toîs Kaisăreûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Καισᾰρέᾱ tòn Kaisăréā	τὼ Καισᾰρῆ tṑ Kaisărê	τοὺς Καισᾰρέᾱς toùs Kaisăréās
Vocative	Καισᾰρεῦ Kaisăreû	Καισᾰρῆ Kaisărê	Καισᾰρῆς / Καισᾰρεῖς Kaisărês / Kaisăreîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.