κηπεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῆπος (kêpos, “garden”) and +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛː.pěu̯s/ → /ciˈpeɸs/ → /ciˈpefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.pěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝ˈpews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈpeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈpefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈpefs/

Noun

κηπεύς • (kēpeús) m (genitive κηπέως); third declension

1. gardener

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κηπεύς; τοῦ κηπέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κηπεύς ho kēpeús	τὼ κηπῆ tṑ kēpê	οἱ κηπῆς / κηπεῖς hoi kēpês / kēpeîs
Genitive	τοῦ κηπέως toû kēpéōs	τοῖν κηπέοιν toîn kēpéoin	τῶν κηπέων tôn kēpéōn
Dative	τῷ κηπεῖ tôi kēpeî	τοῖν κηπέοιν toîn kēpéoin	τοῖς κηπεῦσῐ / κηπεῦσῐν toîs kēpeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κηπέᾱ tòn kēpéā	τὼ κηπῆ tṑ kēpê	τοὺς κηπέᾱς toùs kēpéās
Vocative	κηπεῦ kēpeû	κηπῆ kēpê	κηπῆς / κηπεῖς kēpês / kēpeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κηπεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κηπεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette