κάπηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes finds improbable a derivation from κάπη (kápē, “crib, manger”). Probably related to Latin caupō (“innkeeper”); as the Greek could be from Pre-Greek, this would render the Latin a substrate borrowing, as well. Furnee additionally compares Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒀊𒈦 (ḫappar, “purchase, price”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.pɛː.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pe̝.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.los/

Noun

κάπηλος • (kápēlos) m or f (genitive κᾰπήλου); second declension

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ κᾰ́πηλος; τοῦ / τῆς κᾰπήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ κᾰ́πηλος ho / hē kắpēlos	τὼ κᾰπήλω tṑ kăpḗlō	οἱ / αἱ κᾰ́πηλοι hoi / hai kắpēloi
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς κᾰπήλου toû / tês kăpḗlou	τοῖν κᾰπήλοιν toîn kăpḗloin	τῶν κᾰπήλων tôn kăpḗlōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ κᾰπήλῳ tōî / tēî kăpḗlōi	τοῖν κᾰπήλοιν toîn kăpḗloin	τοῖς / ταῖς κᾰπήλοις toîs / taîs kăpḗlois
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν κᾰ́πηλον tòn / tḕn kắpēlon	τὼ κᾰπήλω tṑ kăpḗlō	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς κᾰπήλους toùs / tā̀s kăpḗlous
Vocative	κᾰ́πηλε kắpēle	κᾰπήλω kăpḗlō	κᾰ́πηλοι kắpēloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βῐβλῐοκᾰ́πηλος (bĭblĭokắpēlos)
καπηλεία (kapēleía)
καπηλεῖον (kapēleîon)
καπηλείς (kapēleís)
καπηλευτικός (kapēleutikós)
καπηλεύω (kapēleúō)
καπηλικός (kapēlikós)
καπήλιον (kapḗlion)
καπηλογείτων (kapēlogeítōn)
καπηλοδύτης (kapēlodútēs)
πᾰλῐγκᾰ́πηλος (pălĭnkắpēlos)

Descendants

Greek: κάπηλος (kápilos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κάπηλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 638