κάστον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kás.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ton/

Noun

κάστον • (káston)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: ξύλον (xúlon, “wood, timber”).

References

“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

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