κάπετος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκᾰ́πετος (skắpetos)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.pe.tos/ → /ˈka.pe.tos/ → /ˈka.pe.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.pe.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pe.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pe.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pe.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pe.tos/

Noun

κᾰ́πετος • (kắpetos) f (genitive κᾰπέτου); second declension

1. ditch, trench

   Synonyms: ὄρῠγμᾰ (órŭgmă), τᾰ́φρος (tắphros)

2. hole, grave

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ κᾰ́πετος; τῆς κᾰπέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́πετος hē kắpetos	τὼ κᾰπέτω tṑ kăpétō	αἱ κᾰ́πετοι hai kắpetoi
Genitive	τῆς κᾰπέτου tês kăpétou	τοῖν κᾰπέτοιν toîn kăpétoin	τῶν κᾰπέτων tôn kăpétōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰπέτῳ têi kăpétōi	τοῖν κᾰπέτοιν toîn kăpétoin	ταῖς κᾰπέτοις taîs kăpétois
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́πετον tḕn kắpeton	τὼ κᾰπέτω tṑ kăpétō	τᾱ̀ς κᾰπέτους tā̀s kăpétous
Vocative	κᾰ́πετε kắpete	κᾰπέτω kăpétō	κᾰ́πετοι kắpetoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κάπετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάπετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κάπετος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κάπετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κάπετος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκάπετος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1342