καυχός

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νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this

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Full diacritics: καυχός Medium diacritics: καυχός Low diacritics: καυχός Capitals: ΚΑΥΧΟΣ
Transliteration A: kauchós Transliteration B: kauchos Transliteration C: kafchos Beta Code: kauxo/s

English (LSJ)

καυχοῦς,

   A v. χαλκός, χαλκοῦς. κάφα· λουτήρ (Lacon.), Hsch. (Lacon.form of σκάφη). καφάζειν· γελᾶν, Id. καφάν, Dor. for κηφήν, Id. καφίδιος, v. κηφ-. κάφος, = κάπος, EM 499.38.

Greek Monolingual

καυχός και καυχοῡς, ὁ (Α)
επιγρ. χαλκός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ο τ. καυχός είναι κρητικός και προήλθε < αμάρτυρο καλχός < χαλκός με μετάθεση της δασύτητας].