καυχός
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)
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].