καυνάκης
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς, ὧν ἀριθμὸν ἐν νεκροῖς πλεῖστον δέδεκται Φερσέφασσ' ὀλωλότων. → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own, those many who have perished, and whom Persephone hath received among the dead. | Tomb, bridal-chamber, deep-dug eternal prison where I go to find my own, whom in the greatest numbers destruction has seized and Persephone has welcomed among the dead.
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ου, ὁ,
A thick cloak, Ar.V.1137; κ. πορφυροῦς Men.972; said to be of Persian or Babylonian make, Arr.An.6.29.5, Poll.7.59, cf. Sch.Ar.l.c., Semus 20, PCair.Zen.48.3 (iii B.C.), PHib.1.121.11 (iii B.C.):—also καυνάκη, ἡ, PSI6.605 (iii B.C.); cf. γαυνάκη (which is also found in codd. of Peripl.M.Rubr.6):—Dim. καυνάκιον, τό, Zonar. (Assyr. gaunakka 'frilled and flounced mantle'.)
