Κάπυς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.pys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.pys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.pys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.pys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.pis/
Proper noun
Κᾰ́πῠς • (Kắpŭs) m (genitive Κᾰ́πῠος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Κᾰ́πῠς ho Kắpŭs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Κᾰ́πῠος toû Kắpŭos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Κᾰ́πῠῐ̈ / Κᾰ́πυι tôi Kắpŭĭ̈ / Kắpui | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Κᾰ́πῠν tòn Kắpŭn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κᾰ́πῠ Kắpŭ | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Capys
Further reading
- “Κάπυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Κάπυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette