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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.py.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.pyˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.pyˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.pyˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈros/

Adjective

κᾰπῠρός • (kapurós) m (feminine κᾰπῠρᾱ́, neuter κᾰπῠρόν); first/second declension

Declension

First and second declension of κᾰπῠρός; κᾰπῠρᾱ́; κᾰπῠρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κᾰπῠρός kapurós	κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kapurā́	κᾰπῠρόν kapurón	κᾰπῠρώ kapurṓ	κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kapurā́	κᾰπῠρώ kapurṓ	κᾰπῠροί kapuroí	κᾰπῠραί kapuraí	κᾰπῠρᾰ́ kapurá
Genitive	κᾰπῠροῦ kapuroû	κᾰπῠρᾶς kapurâs	κᾰπῠροῦ kapuroû	κᾰπῠροῖν kapuroîn	κᾰπῠραῖν kapuraîn	κᾰπῠροῖν kapuroîn	κᾰπῠρῶν kapurôn	κᾰπῠρῶν kapurôn	κᾰπῠρῶν kapurôn
Dative	κᾰπῠρῷ kapurôi	κᾰπῠρᾷ kapurâi	κᾰπῠρῷ kapurôi	κᾰπῠροῖν kapuroîn	κᾰπῠραῖν kapuraîn	κᾰπῠροῖν kapuroîn	κᾰπῠροῖς kapuroîs	κᾰπῠραῖς kapuraîs	κᾰπῠροῖς kapuroîs
Accusative	κᾰπῠρόν kapurón	κᾰπῠρᾱ́ν kapurā́n	κᾰπῠρόν kapurón	κᾰπῠρώ kapurṓ	κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kapurā́	κᾰπῠρώ kapurṓ	κᾰπῠρούς kapuroús	κᾰπῠρᾱ́ς kapurā́s	κᾰπῠρᾰ́ kapurá
Vocative	κᾰπῠρέ kapuré	κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kapurā́	κᾰπῠρόν kapurón	κᾰπῠρώ kapurṓ	κᾰπῠρᾱ́ kapurā́	κᾰπῠρώ kapurṓ	κᾰπῠροί kapuroí	κᾰπῠραί kapuraí	κᾰπῠρᾰ́ kapurá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κᾰπῠρῶς kapurôs			κᾰπῠρώτερος kapurṓteros			κᾰπῠρώτᾰτος kapurṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καπυρίδια (kapurídia)
καπυρίζω (kapurízō)
καπυριστής (kapuristḗs)
καπυρόομαι (kapuróomai)
καπυρώδης (kapurṓdēs)