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κάππᾰρις

kapparis

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What it meant

1. κάππαρις · kapparis — Beekes

κάππαρις [f.] “caper plant, Capparis spinosa’ (Hp., Arist.). «τὴν Orient» eVAR Gen. -εως, -ἰος. *DER Diminutive xam(m)dpiov (pap.). κάππαρος [m.] a fish (PCair. Zen. 83, 115), after the way of preparation, see Strémberg 1943: 88. eETYM Berger MSS 9 (1956): 13ff. connected the word with MoP kabar ‘id’ and Burusaski Copuri, copari. — [Beekes, s.v. κάππαρις, p. 686]

2. κάππαρις · kapparis — Chantraine

κάππαρις, σεως, -106 : ἔν « câprier », Capparis spinosa, «câpre » (Hp., com. Arist., pap., οἵδ), avec καπίπ)άριον (com., pap.). Le mot subsiste en grec moderne, D'où κάππαρος m. nom de poisson (P. Cair, Zen. 83, 18. av.), cf. Strômberg, Fischnamen 88. Un anthroponyme Κάππαρις figure dans l’onomastique (Stratonicée de Carie), cf. L,. Robert, Noms indigènes 77-81. Emprunt certain, mais on ne sait à quelle langue. — [Chantraine, s.v. κάππαρις, p. 509]

3. κάππαρις · kapparis — Frisk

κάππαρις, -ews, -ıos f. "Kaper, Capparis spinosa’ (Hp., mittl. Kom., Arist., Pap. usw.); Deminutivum xar(n)Jaoıor (Pap. u.a.). — Davon κάππαρος m. Fischname (PÜair. Zen. 83, 1118); nach der Bereitung, s. Strömberg Fischnamen 88. — Herkunft unbekannt. — [Frisk, s.v. κάππαρις, p. 814]

4. κάππᾰρις · kapparis — LSJ

caper-plant, Capparis spinosa, caper

caper-plant, Capparis spinosa, or its fruit, caper, Hp. Fist. 10 (v.l. καπαρ-), Arist. Pr. 924a1, Antiph. 62, Timocl. 23, Alex. 127.6, Thphr. HP 6.5.2, PCair.Zen. 488 (iii B.C.), LXX Ec. 12.5, Dsc. 2.173, etc.; ὁ Ζήνων ὤμνυε τὴν κ. Empedus ap. Ath. 9.370c.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κάππᾰρις (scan p. 686; entry #2919).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κάππᾰρις (scan p. 509; entry #3639).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κάππᾰρις (scan p. 814; entry #2781).

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