καπίθη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *kapiča- (literally “holder, something containing”),[1] whence also καπέτις (kapétis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰπῐ́θη • (kapíthē) f (genitive κᾰπῐ́θης); first declension

  1. Persian unit of measure containing two choenixes

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰπῐ́θη; τῆς κᾰπῐ́θης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰπῐ́θη
hē kapíthē 		τὼ κᾰπῐ́θᾱ
tṑ kapíthā 		αἱ κᾰπῐ́θαι
hai kapíthai
Genitive τῆς κᾰπῐ́θης
tês kapíthēs 		τοῖν κᾰπῐ́θαιν
toîn kapíthain 		τῶν κᾰπῐθῶν
tôn kapithôn
Dative τῇ κᾰπῐ́θῃ
têi kapíthēi 		τοῖν κᾰπῐ́θαιν
toîn kapíthain 		ταῖς κᾰπῐ́θαις
taîs kapíthais
Accusative τὴν κᾰπῐ́θην
tḕn kapíthēn 		τὼ κᾰπῐ́θᾱ
tṑ kapíthā 		τᾱ̀ς κᾰπῐ́θᾱς
tā̀s kapíthās
Vocative κᾰπῐ́θη
kapíthē 		κᾰπῐ́θᾱ
kapíthā 		κᾰπῐ́θαι
kapíthai
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References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 449

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