καλυπτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καλύπτω (kalúptō) + -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lyp.tós/ → /ka.lypˈtos/ → /ka.lipˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lyp.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.lypˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.lypˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.lypˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.lipˈtos/

Adjective

κᾰλυπτός • (kaluptós) m (feminine κᾰλυπτή, neuter κᾰλυπτόν); first/second declension

1. covering, enfolding, enveloping

Declension

First and second declension of κᾰλυπτός; κᾰλυπτή; κᾰλυπτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰλυπτός kaluptós	κᾰλυπτή kaluptḗ	κᾰλυπτόν kaluptón		κᾰλυπτώ kaluptṓ	κᾰλυπτᾱ́ kaluptā́	κᾰλυπτώ kaluptṓ		κᾰλυπτοί kaluptoí	κᾰλυπταί kaluptaí	κᾰλυπτᾰ́ kaluptá
Genitive		κᾰλυπτοῦ kaluptoû	κᾰλυπτῆς kaluptês	κᾰλυπτοῦ kaluptoû		κᾰλυπτοῖν kaluptoîn	κᾰλυπταῖν kaluptaîn	κᾰλυπτοῖν kaluptoîn		κᾰλυπτῶν kaluptôn	κᾰλυπτῶν kaluptôn	κᾰλυπτῶν kaluptôn
Dative		κᾰλυπτῷ kaluptôi	κᾰλυπτῇ kaluptêi	κᾰλυπτῷ kaluptôi		κᾰλυπτοῖν kaluptoîn	κᾰλυπταῖν kaluptaîn	κᾰλυπτοῖν kaluptoîn		κᾰλυπτοῖς kaluptoîs	κᾰλυπταῖς kaluptaîs	κᾰλυπτοῖς kaluptoîs
Accusative		κᾰλυπτόν kaluptón	κᾰλυπτήν kaluptḗn	κᾰλυπτόν kaluptón		κᾰλυπτώ kaluptṓ	κᾰλυπτᾱ́ kaluptā́	κᾰλυπτώ kaluptṓ		κᾰλυπτούς kaluptoús	κᾰλυπτᾱ́ς kaluptā́s	κᾰλυπτᾰ́ kaluptá
Vocative		κᾰλυπτέ kalupté	κᾰλυπτή kaluptḗ	κᾰλυπτόν kaluptón		κᾰλυπτώ kaluptṓ	κᾰλυπτᾱ́ kaluptā́	κᾰλυπτώ kaluptṓ		κᾰλυπτοί kaluptoí	κᾰλυπταί kaluptaí	κᾰλυπτᾰ́ kaluptá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κᾰλυπτῶς kaluptôs				κᾰλυπτότερος kaluptóteros				κᾰλυπτότᾰτος kaluptótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲕⲗⲁϥⲧ (klaft), ⲭⲗⲁϥⲧ (khlaft) — Bohairic
  • → Arabic: كَلَّوْتَة (kallawta), كَلَّفْتَة (kallafta), كَلَّفْتَاة (kallaftāh), كَلَّفَة (kallafa)
    • → Amharic: ከሎታ (kälota)
    • → French: calotte (probably) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Harari: ከሎተ (kälōtä), ካሎይታ (kalōyta)
    • → Persian: کلوته (kolute), گلوته (golute)
• ⇒ Translingual: Eucalyptus
  • → French: eucalyptus
    • → Catalan: eucaliptus
    • → English: eucalyptus
    • → Portuguese: eucalipto
      • → Hunsrik: Ëukalipt

Further reading

• καλυπτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “καλυπτός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “καλυπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • covered idem, page 180.
  • covering idem, page 180.