1. κάπετος · kapetos — Chantraine
κάπετος !:f., voir σκάπετος. κάπη : ἵν, voir κάπτω. — [Chantraine, s.v. κάπετος, p. 508]
The corpus record
κάπετος
kapetos
!:f
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Where it lives
What it meant
2. κάπετος · kapetos — LSJ
ditch, trench, hole, grave, groove
ditch, trench, ὄχθας καπέτοιο βαθείης Il. 15.356, cf. 18.564; hole, grave, ἐς κοίλην κάπετον θέσαν [ὀστέα] 24.797, cf. S. Aj. 1165, 1403 (both anap.); groove for lever, Hp. Art. 72, 74.
II shovel, spade
shovel, spade (?), GDI 4992aii6 (Gortyn).
In the wild
- καπέτοιο · kapetoio Iliad 15.356
- κάπετον · kapeton Iliad 18.564
- κάπετον · kapeton Iliad 24.797
- κάπετόν · kapeton Sophocles, Ajax 1164–1167
- κάπετον · kapeton Sophocles, Ajax 1403–1406
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κάπετος (scan p. 685; entry #2915).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κάπετος (scan p. 508; entry #3634).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κάπετος (scan p. 812; entry #2776).