1. cepa — de Vaan
cepa 'onion' [f o] (Naev.+; also caepa) Derivatives: cepe [n.] (Enn.+). IE cognates: Gr. καπια 'onions* among the Κηρυνηται (Hsch.). Probably a loanword from an unknown language; the same word might be reflected in Gn καπια, Bibl.: WH I: 201, EM 114. -ceps, -cu/ipis 'taking' [mJf., adj. p]: auceps, -cupis 'bird-catcher, fowler' (P1.+); deinceps [adv.] 'in succession, next' (Var.+); forceps, -ipis 'tongs, pincers' … — [de Vaan, s.v. cepa, p. 122]