κάρπασος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κάλπᾰσος (kálpasos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpás, “a type of expensive fabric made of cotton”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κάρπᾰσος • (kárpasos) f (genitive καρπάσου, plural (neuter) κάρπᾰσᾰ); second declension

  1. flax (Linum usitatissimum or Linum bienne)
  2. cotton

Declension

Feminine singular:

Second declension of ἡ κᾰ́ρπᾰσος; τῆς κᾰρπᾰ́σου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ κᾰ́ρπᾰσος
hē kárpasos
Genitive τῆς κᾰρπᾰ́σου
tês karpásou
Dative τῇ κᾰρπᾰ́σῳ
têi karpásōi
Accusative τὴν κᾰ́ρπᾰσον
tḕn kárpason
Vocative κᾰ́ρπᾰσε
kárpase
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Neuter plural:

Second declension of τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρπᾰσοι; τῶν κᾰρπᾰ́σων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρπᾰσοι
tà kárpasoi
Genitive τῶν κᾰρπᾰ́σων
tôn karpásōn
Dative τοῖς κᾰρπᾰ́σοις
toîs karpásois
Accusative τᾰ̀ κᾰρπᾰ́σους
tà karpásous
Vocative κᾰ́ρπᾰσοι
kárpasoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • κάρπασον (kárpason, “white hellebore, Veratrum album”)
  • καρπησία (karpēsía)
  • ὀποκάρπασον (opokárpason)

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