γαυσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γαῦσος (gaûsos)

Etymology

The word shares the formation with βλαισός (blaisós, “crooked”) and λοξός (loxós, “oblique”). The adjective has been compared with γαυλός (gaulós), γύρος (gúros) and γύαλον (gúalon) without success. According to Beekes, the word is from Pre-Greek instead.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡau̯.sós/ → /ɣaɸˈsos/ → /ɣafˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡau̯.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡaʍˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣaɸˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣafˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣafˈsos/

Adjective

γαυσός • (gausós) m (feminine γαυσή, neuter γαυσόν); first/second declension

1. crooked, bent outwards

Inflection

First and second declension of γαυσός; γαυσή; γαυσόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γαυσός gausós	γαυσή gausḗ	γαυσόν gausón		γαυσώ gausṓ	γαυσᾱ́ gausā́	γαυσώ gausṓ		γαυσοί gausoí	γαυσαί gausaí	γαυσᾰ́ gausá
Genitive		γαυσοῦ gausoû	γαυσῆς gausês	γαυσοῦ gausoû		γαυσοῖν gausoîn	γαυσαῖν gausaîn	γαυσοῖν gausoîn		γαυσῶν gausôn	γαυσῶν gausôn	γαυσῶν gausôn
Dative		γαυσῷ gausôi	γαυσῇ gausêi	γαυσῷ gausôi		γαυσοῖν gausoîn	γαυσαῖν gausaîn	γαυσοῖν gausoîn		γαυσοῖς gausoîs	γαυσαῖς gausaîs	γαυσοῖς gausoîs
Accusative		γαυσόν gausón	γαυσήν gausḗn	γαυσόν gausón		γαυσώ gausṓ	γαυσᾱ́ gausā́	γαυσώ gausṓ		γαυσούς gausoús	γαυσᾱ́ς gausā́s	γαυσᾰ́ gausá
Vocative		γαυσέ gausé	γαυσή gausḗ	γαυσόν gausón		γαυσώ gausṓ	γαυσᾱ́ gausā́	γαυσώ gausṓ		γαυσοί gausoí	γαυσαί gausaí	γαυσᾰ́ gausá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		γαυσῶς gausôs				γαυσότερος gausóteros				γαυσότᾰτος gausótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γαυσόομαι (gausóomai)

Further reading

• “γαυσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαυσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαυσός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN