κάπετος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σκᾰ́πετος (skápetos)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

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
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