Καῖσαρ

A. elephant, Lyd. Mens. 4.102) Caesar, a cognomen of the Gens Julia; esp. of Julius Caesar, D.S. 5.22, Str. 4.5.3, etc.; Κ. ὁ θεός prob. in OGI 767.5; also of Augustus, ib.458.9 (9 B.C.), Nic.Dam. Vit.Caes. tit., etc.; ὁ νεὸς Κ., opp. ὁ πρεσβύτερος Κ., ib.6; in general, the Emperor, OGI 473.8, etc.; Καίσαρος ἀπελεύθερος ib.629.90, etc.; Πρῖμος Καίσαρος, i. e. P. the Emperor's slave, Wilcken Chr. 112.4; ἀπόδοτε τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι Ev.Luc. 20.25: pl., οἱ Καίσαρες OGI 516.21: as title of the designated successor, Καίσαρα ἀποδεικνύει Hdn. 2.15.3, etc.; name of month in the province of Asia, OGI 458.54, etc.:—hence Καισάρειος, ον, of, belonging to Caesar, οἱ Κ. his household or officials, POxy. 477.5 (ii A. D.), D.C. 52.24, al.; οἶκος Κ., hall in Herod the Great's palace, J. BJ 1.21.1; τὸ Κ. temple of Julius Caesar at Alexandria, Str. 17.1.9: Καισάρεια( καιρό‐ηα), τά, games in honour of Gaius Caesar at Cos, SIG 1065.9 (Cos); at Corinth and elsewhere, IG 7.1856 (Thespiae), etc.: Καισάρειος, or καιρό‐ιος, ὁ (sc. μήν), name of month in Egypt and elsewhere, POxy. 45.17 (i A. D.), Hemerolog.Flor., etc.:—also Καισαρεών, ῶνος, ὁ, Rev.Et. Gr. 19.268 (Κες‐, Aphrodisias):