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caupo

shopkeeper, innkeeper

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Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Apologia 2 · 0.93/10k
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What it meant

1. caupo — de Vaan

caupo 'shopkeeper, innkeeper' [m.ri\(P1.+) Derivatives: cauponan'to traffic in' (Enn.), cauponius *of a tavern' (PI.)* IE cognates: Gr. κάπηλος 'huckster, innkeeper'. Borrowing from an unknown source; in view of the Greek form, probably from a Mediterranean language. Bibl.: WH I: 189, EN 107. — [de Vaan, s.v. caupo, p. 114]

2. caupo — Lewis & Short

caupo (also cōpo and cūpo,

Charis. p. 47 P.; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 6, 7;

I the form copo, Cic. Clu. 59, 163; Inscr. Orell. 4169; Inscr. Momms. 5078), ōnis, m. root cap-, to take in, receive, v. capio; cf. ka/phlos, a petty tradesman, huckster, innkeeper, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 35; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 51; Hor. S. 1, 1, 29 K. and H.; 1, 5, 4; Mart. 1, 57; Dig. 4, 9, 1 al.—*

II Trop.: sapientiae atque facundiae, Tert. Anim. 3.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. caupo (scan p. 114; entry #230).
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. caupo (scan p. 131; entry #1939).

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