κάπετος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκᾰ́πετος (skápetos)

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 • (kápetos) f (genitive κᾰπέτου); second declension

1. ditch, trench

   Synonyms: ὄρῠγμᾰ (órugma), τᾰ́φρος (táphros)

2. hole, grave

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ κᾰ́πετος; τῆς κᾰπέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́πετος hē kápetos	τὼ κᾰπέτω tṑ kapétō	αἱ κᾰ́πετοι hai kápetoi
Genitive	τῆς κᾰπέτου tês kapétou	τοῖν κᾰπέτοιν toîn kapétoin	τῶν κᾰπέτων tôn kapétōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰπέτῳ têi kapétōi	τοῖν κᾰπέτοιν toîn kapétoin	ταῖς κᾰπέτοις taîs kapétois
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́πετον tḕn kápeton	τὼ κᾰπέτω tṑ kapétō	τᾱ̀ς κᾰπέτους tā̀s kapétous
Vocative	κᾰ́πετε kápete	κᾰπέτω kapétō	κᾰ́πετοι kápetoi
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