FromProto-Hellenic*kəňňós, fromProto-Indo-European*kn̥-yós, from*ken-(“new, fresh”). Cognates includeSanskritकनीन(kanīna,“young”),Sanskritकन्या(kanyā,“girl, maiden”),Avestan𐬐𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬈(kaine,“a maiden”) and, more distantly,Latinrecēns(“new, recent”).[1]
- IPA(key): /kai̯.nós/ →/cɛˈnos/ →/ceˈnos/
καινός• (kainós) m (feminineκαινή,neuterκαινόν);first/second declension
- new,novel,recent
Flavius Josephus,
Roman Antiquities 7.265:
- μὴ κινήσητε πάλιν ἡμῖνκαινὰς ἐπὶ ταῖς πρώταις ταραχὰς καὶ στάσεις
- mḕ kinḗsēte pálin hēmînkainàs epì taîs prṓtais tarakhàs kaì stáseis
- Do not raisenew troubles or rebellions now that the last ones are behind us
Flavius Josephus,
Roman Antiquities 14.104:
- περὶ δὲ τῆς Πομπηίου καὶ Γαβινίου στρατείας ἐπὶ Ἰουδαίους γράφει Νικόλαος ὁ Δαμασκηνὸς καὶ Στράβων ὁ Καππάδοξ οὐδὲν ἕτερος ἑτέρουκαινότερον λέγων
- perì dè tês Pompēíou kaì Gabiníou strateías epì Ioudaíous gráphei Nikólaos ho Damaskēnòs kaì Strábōn ho Kappádox oudèn héteros hetéroukainóteron légōn
- Whilst Nicolaus of Damascus and Strabo of Cappadocia both describe Pompey's and Gabinius' expeditions against the Jews, none tells anythingnew that is not in the other (description)
- fresh,unused
- strange,unusual
- “καινός”, inLiddell & Scott (1940),A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καινός”, inLiddell & Scott (1889),An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- καινός inBailly, Anatole (1935),Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001),A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2537 inStrong, James (1979),Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910),English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- curious idem, page 190.
- exceptional idem, page 288.
- extraordinary idem, page 297.
- fresh idem, page 344.
- marvellous idem, page 516.
- modern idem, page 538.
- new idem, page 556.
- new-fangled idem, page 557.
- novel idem, page 562.
- original idem, page 579.
- peculiar idem, page 601.
- recent idem, page 678.
- strange idem, page 823.
- surprising idem, page 844.
- unaccustomed idem, page 906.
- uncommon idem, page 910.
- unexampled idem, page 917.
- unfamiliar idem, page 917.
- unheard idem, page 921.
- unique idem, page 922.
- unknown idem, page 923.
- unparalleled idem, page 927.
- unprecedented idem, page 927.
- unusual idem, page 935.
- unwonted idem, page 937.
- weird idem, page 973.
- wonderful idem, page 987.
