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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kar.pós/ → /karˈpos/ → /karˈpos/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *kerp- ( “ pluck, harvest ” ) , though debated whether via inheritance or borrowing from a different Indo-European branch due to the problematic α ( a ) in the Greek form.[ 1] Compare Proto-Germanic *harbistaz ( “ harvest, autumn ” ) , Proto-Slavic *čerpti ( “ to scoop, draw ” ) and Latin carpō ( “ to pick ” ) , as well as Ancient Greek κείρω ( keírō , “ to cut off ” ) .
Noun
κᾰρπός • (karpós ) m (genitive κᾰρποῦ ) ; second declension ( Epic , Attic , Ionic , Doric , Koine )
fruit , grain , produce , harvest
the product of something: children (fruit of the body), poetry (fruit of the mind), profit
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷerp- ( “ to turn ” ) , and related to Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną ( “ to turn ” ) (whence English wharf ). Other theories take the origin to be the same as that of Etymology 1.[ 2]
Noun
κᾰρπός • (karpós ) m (genitive κᾰρποῦ ) ; second declension
wrist
Declension
Descendants
References
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010 ) “καρπός 1 ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10 ), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 649
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010 ) “καρπός 2 ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10 ), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 649
Further reading
“καρπός ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“καρπός ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“καρπός ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
“καρπός ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
καρπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001 ) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature , Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
καρπός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924 ) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition , Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“καρπός ”, in Slater, William J. (1969 ) Lexicon to Pindar , Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G2590 in Strong, James (1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited .
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Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ), Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN
“καρπός ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago , 2011
Greek
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek κᾰρπός ( karpós , “ fruit, grain ” ) .
Noun
καρπός • (karpós ) m (plural καρποί )
fruit , grain
Declension
see: ακαρπία f ( akarpía , “ fruitlessness, barrenness ” )
Descendants
→ Aromanian: carpo .
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek κᾰρπός ( karpós , “ wrist ” ) .
Noun
καρπός • (karpós ) m (plural καρποί )
( anatomy ) wrist
Declension
Further reading