καπυρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to smoke, boil, move violently”), the same root of καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.py.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.pyˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.pyˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.pyˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.piˈros/
Adjective
κᾰπῠρός • (kăpŭrós) m (feminine κᾰπῠρᾱ́, neuter κᾰπῠρόν); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | κᾰπῠρός kăpŭrós |
κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kăpŭrā́ |
κᾰπῠρόν kăpŭrón |
κᾰπῠρώ kăpŭrṓ |
κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kăpŭrā́ |
κᾰπῠρώ kăpŭrṓ |
κᾰπῠροί kăpŭroí |
κᾰπῠραί kăpŭraí |
κᾰπῠρᾰ́ kăpŭrắ | |||||
| Genitive | κᾰπῠροῦ kăpŭroû |
κᾰπῠρᾶς kăpŭrâs |
κᾰπῠροῦ kăpŭroû |
κᾰπῠροῖν kăpŭroîn |
κᾰπῠραῖν kăpŭraîn |
κᾰπῠροῖν kăpŭroîn |
κᾰπῠρῶν kăpŭrôn |
κᾰπῠρῶν kăpŭrôn |
κᾰπῠρῶν kăpŭrôn | |||||
| Dative | κᾰπῠρῷ kăpŭrōî |
κᾰπῠρᾷ kăpŭrāî |
κᾰπῠρῷ kăpŭrōî |
κᾰπῠροῖν kăpŭroîn |
κᾰπῠραῖν kăpŭraîn |
κᾰπῠροῖν kăpŭroîn |
κᾰπῠροῖς kăpŭroîs |
κᾰπῠραῖς kăpŭraîs |
κᾰπῠροῖς kăpŭroîs | |||||
| Accusative | κᾰπῠρόν kăpŭrón |
κᾰπῠρᾱ́ν kăpŭrā́n |
κᾰπῠρόν kăpŭrón |
κᾰπῠρώ kăpŭrṓ |
κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kăpŭrā́ |
κᾰπῠρώ kăpŭrṓ |
κᾰπῠρούς kăpŭroús |
κᾰπῠρᾱ́ς kăpŭrā́s |
κᾰπῠρᾰ́ kăpŭrắ | |||||
| Vocative | κᾰπῠρέ kăpŭré |
κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kăpŭrā́ |
κᾰπῠρόν kăpŭrón |
κᾰπῠρώ kăpŭrṓ |
κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kăpŭrā́ |
κᾰπῠρώ kăpŭrṓ |
κᾰπῠροί kăpŭroí |
κᾰπῠραί kăpŭraí |
κᾰπῠρᾰ́ kăpŭrắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| κᾰπῠρῶς kăpŭrôs |
κᾰπῠρώτερος kăpŭrṓteros |
κᾰπῠρώτᾰτος kăpŭrṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- καπυρίδια (kapurídia)
- καπυρίζω (kapurízō)
- καπυριστής (kapuristḗs)
- καπυρόομαι (kapuróomai)
- καπυρώδης (kapurṓdēs)
Further reading
- “καπυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καπυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN