Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ϗ ‎(ϗ) (ligature-cum-abbreviation, akin to &)
• κάς ‎(kás) (Cyprian)

Conjunction

καί • ‎(kaí)

1. and
2. even, also
3. both ... and ... (when used in the construction καί ... καί ...)

Descendants

• Esperanto: kaj ‎(“and”)
• Greek: και ‎(kai, “and”)

References

• καί in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καί in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καί in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «καί» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «καί» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• καί in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G2532”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • also idem, page 25.
  • both . . . and idem, page 90.
  • eke idem, page 263.
  • even idem, page 284.
  • too idem, page 880.
• 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, page 615

Greek

Alternative forms

• (contraction): κι ‎(ki)

Conjunction

και • ‎(kai)

1. and

   με το γάλα και τη ζάχαρη‎ ― me to gála kai ti záchari ― with milk and sugar

   Φάγαμε και ήπιαμε καλά.‎ ― Fágame kai ípiame kalá. ― We ate and drank well.

2. plus, and

   Δύο και δύο κάνουν τέσσερα.‎ ― Dýo kai dýo kánoun téssera. ― Two plus two make four.

3. past (time)

   Η ώρα είναι δύο και τέταρτο.‎ ― I óra eínai dýo kai tétarto. ― The time is a quarter past two.

Synonyms

• ϗ ‎(ϗ, “&, ampersand”)

Derived terms