caupona

Latin

Alternative forms

• cōpōna

Etymology

From caupō (“tradesman, innkeeper, shopkeeper, tavern-keeper”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈpoː.na/, [käu̯ˈpoːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈpo.na/, [käu̯ˈpɔːnä]

Noun

caupōna f (genitive caupōnae, masculine caupō); first declension

1. a female shopkeeper, landlady or hostess
2. an inn
3. a tavern, saloon

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caupōna	caupōnae
Genitive	caupōnae	caupōnārum
Dative	caupōnae	caupōnīs
Accusative	caupōnam	caupōnās
Ablative	caupōnā	caupōnīs
Vocative	caupōna	caupōnae

Related terms

• cōpa

References

• “caupona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caupona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caupona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “caupona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “caupona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin