καπέτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *kapiča- (literally “holder, something containing”),[1] whence also καπίθη (kapíthē), so a connection with κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”) is improbable. Others reference Sanskrit कपटी (kapaṭī, “two handfuls”), while Frisk refers to Classical Persian کویز (kawīz, “qafiz”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰπέτῐς • (kăpétĭs) f (genitive κᾰπέτῐος); third declension

  1. Persian measure, corresponding to 1⁄48 of the ἀρτάβη (artábē)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰπέτῐς; τῆς κᾰπέτῐος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰπέτῐς
hē kăpétĭs 		τὼ κᾰπέτῐε
tṑ kăpétĭe 		αἱ κᾰπέτῐες
hai kăpétĭes
Genitive τῆς κᾰπέτῐος
tês kăpétĭos 		τοῖν κᾰπετῐ́οιν
toîn kăpetĭ́oin 		τῶν κᾰπετῐ́ων
tôn kăpetĭ́ōn
Dative τῇ κᾰπέτῑ
tēî kăpétī 		τοῖν κᾰπετῐ́οιν
toîn kăpetĭ́oin 		ταῖς κᾰπέτῐσῐ / κᾰπέτῐσῐν
taîs kăpétĭsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν κᾰπέτῐν
tḕn kăpétĭn 		τὼ κᾰπέτῐε
tṑ kăpétĭe 		τᾱ̀ς κᾰπέτῑς / κᾰπέτῐᾰς
tā̀s kăpétīs / kăpétĭăs
Vocative κᾰπέτῐ
kăpétĭ 		κᾰπέτῐε
kăpétĭe 		κᾰπέτῐες
kăpétĭes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 449
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