caupulus
Latin
Alternative forms
- caupilus
Etymology
Perhaps from earlier *calpulus, from or related to Ancient Greek κάλπις (kálpis, “pitcher, vessel”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.pu.lus/, [ˈkäu̯pʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.pu.lus/, [ˈkäːu̯pulus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | caupulus | caupulī |
| Genitive | caupulī | caupulōrum |
| Dative | caupulō | caupulīs |
| Accusative | caupulum | caupulōs |
| Ablative | caupulō | caupulīs |
| Vocative | caupule | caupulī |
Descendants
References
- “caupulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caupulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Language. (1932). United States: Linguistic Society of America, p. 141
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