καπίθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *kapiča- (literally “holder, something containing”),[1] whence also καπέτις (kapétis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰπῐ́θη • (kăpĭ́thē) f (genitive κᾰπῐ́θης); first declension

  1. Persian unit of measure containing two choenixes

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰπῐ́θη; τῆς κᾰπῐ́θης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰπῐ́θη
hē kăpĭ́thē 		τὼ κᾰπῐ́θᾱ
tṑ kăpĭ́thā 		αἱ κᾰπῐ́θαι
hai kăpĭ́thai
Genitive τῆς κᾰπῐ́θης
tês kăpĭ́thēs 		τοῖν κᾰπῐ́θαιν
toîn kăpĭ́thain 		τῶν κᾰπῐθῶν
tôn kăpĭthôn
Dative τῇ κᾰπῐ́θῃ
tēî kăpĭ́thēi 		τοῖν κᾰπῐ́θαιν
toîn kăpĭ́thain 		ταῖς κᾰπῐ́θαις
taîs kăpĭ́thais
Accusative τὴν κᾰπῐ́θην
tḕn kăpĭ́thēn 		τὼ κᾰπῐ́θᾱ
tṑ kăpĭ́thā 		τᾱ̀ς κᾰπῐ́θᾱς
tā̀s kăpĭ́thās
Vocative κᾰπῐ́θη
kăpĭ́thē 		κᾰπῐ́θᾱ
kăpĭ́thā 		κᾰπῐ́θαι
kăpĭ́thai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  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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