κάπρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kápros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱapros (male hooved animal), possibly from *ḱapr̥ (penis). Cognate with Latin caper (goat), Old Irish gabor (goat).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰ́προς (kápros) m (genitive κᾰ́πρου); second declension

  1. a boar, a wild boar
  2. a sow

Inflection

References

  • κάπρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κάπρος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κάπρος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κάπρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κάπρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κάπρος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • boar idem, page 86.
    • hog idem, page 402.

Greek

Noun

κάπρος (kápros) m (plural κάπροι)

  1. wild boar
  2. boar, male pig

Declension

Synonyms

See also

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