κάπηλος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes finds improbable a derivation from κάπη (kápē, “crib, manger”). Probably related to Latin caupō (“innkeeper”); as the Greek could be from Pre-Greek, this would render the Latin a substrate borrowing, as well. Furnee additionally compares Hittite 𒄩𒀊𒉺𒅈 (ḫappar, “purchase, price”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κάπηλος • (kápēlos) m or f (genitive κᾰπήλου); second declension

  1. retail dealer, huckster
  2. innkeeper

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́πηλος; τοῦ, τῆς κᾰπήλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́πηλος
ho, hē kápēlos 		τὼ κᾰπήλω
tṑ kapḗlō 		οἱ, αἱ κᾰ́πηλοι
hoi, hai kápēloi
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς κᾰπήλου
toû, tês kapḗlou 		τοῖν κᾰπήλοιν
toîn kapḗloin 		τῶν κᾰπήλων
tôn kapḗlōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ κᾰπήλῳ
tôi, têi kapḗlōi 		τοῖν κᾰπήλοιν
toîn kapḗloin 		τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰπήλοις
toîs, taîs kapḗlois
Accusative τὸν, τὴν κᾰ́πηλον
tòn, tḕn kápēlon 		τὼ κᾰπήλω
tṑ kapḗlō 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰπήλους
toùs, tā̀s kapḗlous
Vocative κᾰ́πηλε
kápēle 		κᾰπήλω
kapḗlō 		κᾰ́πηλοι
kápēloi
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κάπηλος (kápilos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάπηλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 638

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