καρπάσινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κάρπᾰσος (kárpăsos) [from the Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpás, “a type of expensive fabric made of cotton”)] + -ινος (-inos)

Adjective

καρπᾰ́σινος • (karpắsinos) m (feminine καρπᾰσίνη, neuter καρπᾰ́σινον); first/second declension

made of κάρπασος
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Esther 1.6
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 7.2.3:
  Ἔθος δέ τι τῶν Κίμβρων διηγοῦνται τοιοῦτον, ὅτι ταῖς γυναιξὶν αὐτῶν συστρατευούσαις παρηκολούθουν προμάντεις ἱέρειαι πολιότριχες, λευχείμονες, καρπασίνας ἐφαπτίδας ἐπιπεπορπημέναι, ζῶσμα χαλκοῦν ἔχουσαι, γυμνόποδες·
  Éthos dé ti tôn Kímbrōn diēgoûntai toioûton, hóti taîs gunaixìn autôn sustrateuoúsais parēkoloúthoun prománteis hiéreiai poliótrikhes, leukheímones, karpasínas ephaptídas epipeporpēménai, zôsma khalkoûn ékhousai, gumnópodes;
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.68

Declension

First and second declension of καρπᾰ́σινος; καρπᾰσίνη; καρπᾰ́σινον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	καρπᾰ́σινος karpắsinos	καρπᾰσίνη karpăsínē	καρπᾰ́σινον karpắsinon	καρπᾰσίνω karpăsínō	καρπᾰσίνᾱ karpăsínā	καρπᾰσίνω karpăsínō	καρπᾰ́σινοι karpắsinoi	καρπᾰ́σιναι karpắsinai	καρπᾰ́σινᾰ karpắsină
Genitive	καρπᾰσίνου karpăsínou	καρπᾰσίνης karpăsínēs	καρπᾰσίνου karpăsínou	καρπᾰσίνοιν karpăsínoin	καρπᾰσίναιν karpăsínain	καρπᾰσίνοιν karpăsínoin	καρπᾰσίνων karpăsínōn	καρπᾰσίνων karpăsínōn	καρπᾰσίνων karpăsínōn
Dative	καρπᾰσίνῳ karpăsínōi	καρπᾰσίνῃ karpăsínēi	καρπᾰσίνῳ karpăsínōi	καρπᾰσίνοιν karpăsínoin	καρπᾰσίναιν karpăsínain	καρπᾰσίνοιν karpăsínoin	καρπᾰσίνοις karpăsínois	καρπᾰσίναις karpăsínais	καρπᾰσίνοις karpăsínois
Accusative	καρπᾰ́σινον karpắsinon	καρπᾰσίνην karpăsínēn	καρπᾰ́σινον karpắsinon	καρπᾰσίνω karpăsínō	καρπᾰσίνᾱ karpăsínā	καρπᾰσίνω karpăsínō	καρπᾰσίνους karpăsínous	καρπᾰσίνᾱς karpăsínās	καρπᾰ́σινᾰ karpắsină
Vocative	καρπᾰ́σινε karpắsine	καρπᾰσίνη karpăsínē	καρπᾰ́σινον karpắsinon	καρπᾰσίνω karpăsínō	καρπᾰσίνᾱ karpăsínā	καρπᾰσίνω karpăsínō	καρπᾰ́σινοι karpắsinoi	καρπᾰ́σιναι karpắsinai	καρπᾰ́σινᾰ karpắsină
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	καρπᾰσίνως karpăsínōs			καρπᾰσινότερος karpăsinóteros			καρπᾰσινότᾰτος karpăsinótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“καρπάσινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press