caupona

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caupō (“tradesman, innkeeper, shopkeeper, tavern-keeper”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

caupōna f (genitive caupōnae, masculine caupō); first declension

  1. a female shopkeeper, landlady or hostess
  2. an inn
  3. a tavern, saloon

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative caupōna caupōnae
genitive caupōnae caupōnārum
dative caupōnae caupōnīs
accusative caupōnam caupōnās
ablative caupōnā caupōnīs
vocative caupōna caupōnae

References

  • “caupona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caupona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caupona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “caupona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “caupona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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