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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Greek Monolingual

(I)
η (Μ καύκα και καύκη)
1. το καυκί
2. κεφάλι, κρανίο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < καῦκος, «κούπα», με αλλαγή γένους].
(II)
και καύχα, η (Μ καύκα και καύχα)
η ερωμένη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αβέβαιης ετυμολ. Πιθ. < καῦκος, «κούπα», όπως και το καύκα (I) («αυτή μαζί με την οποία πίνει κανείς, η ερωμένη»)].