καρπάλιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):

"The etymology is unknown. Schrader connected it with καρπός (karpós, “root of the hand”) as "handy", with further connection to Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”). Others recognize the base form in κάλπη (kálpē, “trot”). A first syllable καρπ- can hardly be Indo-European. Beekes does not dismiss a Pre-Greek origin."

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kar.pá.li.mos/ → /karˈpa.li.mos/ → /karˈpa.li.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kar.pá.li.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /karˈpa.li.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /karˈpa.li.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /karˈpa.li.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /karˈpa.li.mos/

Adjective

κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμος • (karpálimos) m or f (neuter κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμον); second declension

1. (of feet) swift, quick
2. (of jaws) eager, ravenous

Declension

Second declension of κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμος; κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμος karpálimos	κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμον karpálimon		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μω karpalímō	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μω karpalímō		κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμοι karpálimoi	κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμᾰ karpálima
Genitive		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μου karpalímou	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μου karpalímou		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μοιν karpalímoin	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μοιν karpalímoin		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μων karpalímōn	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μων karpalímōn
Dative		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μῳ karpalímōi	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μῳ karpalímōi		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μοιν karpalímoin	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μοιν karpalímoin		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μοις karpalímois	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μοις karpalímois
Accusative		κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμον karpálimon	κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμον karpálimon		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μω karpalímō	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μω karpalímō		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μους karpalímous	κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμᾰ karpálima
Vocative		κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμε karpálime	κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμον karpálimon		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μω karpalímō	κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μω karpalímō		κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμοι karpálimoi	κᾰρπᾰ́λῐμᾰ karpálima
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μως karpalímōs			κᾰρπᾰλῐμώτερος karpalimṓteros			κᾰρπᾰλῐμώτᾰτος karpalimṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰρπᾰλῐ́μως (karpalímōs)

Further reading

• “καρπάλιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καρπάλιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καρπάλιμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καρπάλιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καρπάλιμος 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) “καρπάλιμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 648