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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
Carpis f sg (genitive Carpis); third declension
- A town of Africa on the gulf of Carthago
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάρπις (Kárpis).
Proper noun
Carpis m sg (genitive Carpidis); third declension
- A river mentioned by Herodotus, maybe the Drava
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Carpis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly