κάστον
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Furnée compares ἄκαστος (ákastos, “maple”), noting that the hard wood of this tree is excellent for building; he further compares κόστον (kóston, “wooden part of a carrier”), suggesting a possible Pre-Greek origin. Then again, compare Sanskrit काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood, timber”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kás.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ton/
Noun[edit]
κάστον • (káston)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: ξύλον (xúlon, “wood, timber”).
References[edit]
- “κάστον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ