caupo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Ancient Greek κᾰ́πηλος (kápēlos), possibly from Pre-Greek, likely borrowed separately. A derivation of either from Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂- (“to buy”), whence ἐπρῐάμην (epriámēn) as suppletive Aorist of ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai, “to buy”), seems far-fetched. Beekes mentions, Furnee offers Hittite [script needed] (ḫappar, “purchase, price”) as a comparandum, in which case the IE derivation would be *h₃ep-, whence ops (“power”) and Homeric Ancient Greek ἀφνειός (aphneiós, “rich, wealthy”), although also speculative. Gemoll considers a connection to Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “gulp down, snap”). This noun is also masculine.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.poː/, [ˈkäu̯poː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.po/, [ˈkäːu̯po]
Noun
caupō m (genitive caupōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | caupō | caupōnēs |
| Genitive | caupōnis | caupōnum |
| Dative | caupōnī | caupōnibus |
| Accusative | caupōnem | caupōnēs |
| Ablative | caupōne | caupōnibus |
| Vocative | caupō | caupōnēs |
Descendants
- Proto-Germanic: *kaupōną, *kaupijaną (“to buy; trade”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “caupo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caupo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caupo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- caupo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “caupo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “caupo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Edzard Johan Furnée: Die wichtigsten konsonantischen Erscheinungen des Vorgriechischen mit einem Appendix über den Vokalismus. Mouton, The Hague 1972.
- Wilhelm Gemoll: Griechisch-deutsches Schul- und Handwörterbuch. öbv & hpt / Oldenbourg, Vienna and Munich 91965, p. 407.