καί
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See also: και
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier *kahi ← *kasi (still seen in κασίγνητος (kasígnētos, “brother”)) ← *kati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥t-, from *ḱóm (“with”). Compare Hittite [script needed] (kat-ti, “along with”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ce/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ce/
Conjunction
καί • (kaí)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: και (kai, “and”)
- Italiot Greek: ce
- Mariupol Greek: ки (ki)
- Tsakonian: τσαι (tsai)
- Coptic: ⲕⲁⲓ (kai)
- → Esperanto: kaj (“and”)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 615
Further reading
- “καί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “καί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καί in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “καί”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2532 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], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- also idem, page 25.
- both . . . and idem, page 90.
- eke idem, page 263.
- even idem, page 284.
- too idem, page 880.