καρπός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Cognate with Latin carpo (“harvest”), English harvest

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /karpós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /karpós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /karpós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /karpós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /kaɾpós/

Noun

καρπός (genitive καρποῦ) m, second declension; (karpos)

1. fruit, grain, produce, harvest
2. the product of something: children (fruit of the body), poetry (fruit of the mind), profit

References

• καρπός in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Strong’s concordance number: G2590
• Bauer lexicon

Etymology 2

Cognate with Latin carpus "wrist"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /karpós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /karpós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /karpós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /karpós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /kaɾpós/

Noun

καρπός (genitive καρποῦ) m, second declension; (karpos)

1. wrist

Inflection

Second declension of καρπός, καρποῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ καρπός	τὼ καρπώ	οἱ καρποί
Genitive	τοῦ καρποῦ	τοῖν καρποῖν	τῶν καρπῶν
Dative	τῷ καρπῷ	τοῖν καρποῖν	τοῖς καρποῖς
Accusative	τὸν καρπόν	τὼ καρπώ	τοὺς καρπούς
Vocative	καρπέ	καρπώ	καρποί

References

• καρπός in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940

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Greek

Noun

καρπός (karpós) m,   plural καρποί

1. (anatomy) wrist
2. fruit, grain

Declension

declension of καρπός

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	καρπός	καρποί
genitive (γενική)	καρπού	καρπών
accusative (αιτιατική)	καρπό	καρπούς
vocative (κλητική)	καρπέ	καρποί