κάπηλος

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 𒄩𒀀𒀊𒈦 (ḫappar, “purchase, price”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.pɛː.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pe̝.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.los/

Noun

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

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́πηλος; τοῦ, τῆς κᾰπήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́πηλος ho, hē kắpēlos	τὼ κᾰπήλω tṑ kăpḗlō	οἱ, αἱ κᾰ́πηλοι hoi, hai kắpēloi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς κᾰπήλου toû, tês kăpḗlou	τοῖν κᾰπήλοιν toîn kăpḗloin	τῶν κᾰπήλων tôn kăpḗlōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ κᾰπήλῳ tōî, tēî kăpḗlōi	τοῖν κᾰπήλοιν toîn kăpḗloin	τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰπήλοις toîs, taîs kăpḗlois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν κᾰ́πηλον tòn, tḕn kắpēlon	τὼ κᾰπήλω tṑ kăpḗlō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰπήλους toùs, tā̀s kăpḗlous
Vocative	κᾰ́πηλε kắpēle	κᾰπήλω kăpḗlō	κᾰ́πηλοι kắpēloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος (bĭblĭokắpēlos)
καπηλεία (kapēleía)
καπηλεῖον (kapēleîon)
καπηλείς (kapēleís)
καπηλευτικός (kapēleutikós)
καπηλεύω (kapēleúō)
καπηλικός (kapēlikós)
καπήλιον (kapḗlion)
καπηλογείτων (kapēlogeítōn)
καπηλοδύτης (kapēlodútēs)
πᾰλῐγκᾰ́πηλος (pălĭnkắpēlos)

Descendants

Greek: κάπηλος (kápilos)

References

^ 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