Κάπυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.pys/ → /ˈka.pys/ → /ˈka.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.pys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pis/

Proper noun

Κᾰ́πῠς • (Kápus) m (genitive Κᾰ́πῠος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Capys, the mythological king of Dardania and father of Anchises

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κᾰ́πῠς; τοῦ Κᾰ́πῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰ́πῠς ho Kápus
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰ́πῠος toû Kápuos
Dative	τῷ Κᾰ́πῠῐ̈ / Κᾰ́πυι tôi Kápuï / Kápui
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰ́πῠν tòn Kápun
Vocative	Κᾰ́πῠ Kápu
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Capys

Further reading

• “Κάπυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Κάπυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette