καπίθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *kapiča- (literally holder, something containing),[1] whence also καπέτις (kapétis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰπῐ́θη • (kapíthē) f (genitive κᾰπῐ́θης); first declension

  1. Persian unit of measure containing two choenixes

Inflection

References

  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 449

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