κάπετος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σκᾰ́πετος (skápetos)
Etymology
Traditionally derived from σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.pe.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.pe.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.pe.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.pe.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.pe.tos/
Noun
κᾰ́πετος • (kápetos) f (genitive κᾰπέτου); second declension
- ditch, trench
- Synonyms: ὄρῠγμᾰ (órugma), τᾰ́φρος (táphros)
- hole, grave
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ κᾰ́πετος; τῆς κᾰπέτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κᾰ́πετος hē kápetos | τὼ κᾰπέτω tṑ kapétō | αἱ κᾰ́πετοι hai kápetoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κᾰπέτου tês kapétou | τοῖν κᾰπέτοιν toîn kapétoin | τῶν κᾰπέτων tôn kapétōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κᾰπέτῳ têi kapétōi | τοῖν κᾰπέτοιν toîn kapétoin | ταῖς κᾰπέτοις taîs kapétois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κᾰ́πετον tḕn kápeton | τὼ κᾰπέτω tṑ kapétō | τᾱ̀ς κᾰπέτους tā̀s kapétous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́πετε kápete | κᾰπέτω kapétō | κᾰ́πετοι kápetoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κάπετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κάπετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κάπετος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κάπετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κάπετος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκάπετος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1342