κάρπασος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάλπᾰσος (kálpăsos)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.pa.sos/ → /ˈkar.pa.sos/ → /ˈkar.pa.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.pa.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pa.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pa.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pa.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pa.sos/

Noun

κάρπᾰσος • (kárpăsos) 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 kắrpăsos
Genitive	τῆς κᾰρπᾰ́σου tês kărpắsou
Dative	τῇ κᾰρπᾰ́σῳ tēî kărpắsōi
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ρπᾰσον tḕn kắrpăson
Vocative	κᾰ́ρπᾰσε kắrpăse
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 tằ kắrpăsoi
Genitive	τῶν κᾰρπᾰ́σων tôn kărpắsōn
Dative	τοῖς κᾰρπᾰ́σοις toîs kărpắsois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ κᾰρπᾰ́σους tằ kărpắsous
Vocative	κᾰ́ρπᾰσοι kắrpăsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• κάρπασον (kárpason, “white hellebore, Veratrum album”)
• καρπησία (karpēsía)
• ὀποκάρπασον (opokárpason)

Further reading

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