caupo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Ancient Greek κᾰ́πηλος (kắpēlos), possibly from Pre-Greek, likely borrowed separately.[1] A derivation of either from Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂- (“to buy”), whence ἐπρῐάμην (eprĭámēn) as suppletive aorist of ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai, “to buy”), seems far-fetched. As Beekes mentions, Furnee offers Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒀊𒈦 (ḫappar, “purchase, price”) as a comparandum,[2] in which case the IE derivation would be *h₃ep-, whence ops (“power”) and Homeric Ancient Greek ἀφνειός (aphneiós, “rich, wealthy”), although this is also speculative. Gemoll considers a connection to Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “gulp down, snap”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkau̯.poː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaːu̯.po]
Noun
caupō m (genitive caupōnis, feminine caupōna); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caupō | caupōnēs |
| genitive | caupōnis | caupōnum |
| dative | caupōnī | caupōnibus |
| accusative | caupōnem | caupōnēs |
| ablative | caupōne | caupōnibus |
| vocative | caupō | caupōnēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Proto-Germanic: *kaupô (“innkeeper; merchant”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “caupō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 100
- ^ 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
Further reading
- “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, 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
- Furnée, Edzard Johan (1972), Die wichtigsten konsonantischen Erscheinungen des Vorgriechischen (Janua linguarum. Series practica; 150) (in German), The Hague and Paris: Mouton, page 302
- Wilhelm Gemoll: Griechisch-deutsches Schul- und Handwörterbuch. öbv & hpt / Oldenbourg, Vienna and Munich 91965, p. 407.