καπνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to smoke, boil, move violently”); see also Lithuanian kūpėti (“to boil over”), Old Church Slavonic кꙑпети (kypeti, “to boil”), Sanskrit कुप्यति (kupyati, “become agitated, bubbles up”), Latin cupiō.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

καπνός • (kapnós) m (genitive καπνοῦ); second declension

  1. smoke

Declension
Second declension of ὁ καπνός; τοῦ καπνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ καπνός
ho kapnós		 τὼ καπνώ
tṑ kapnṓ		 οἱ καπνοί
hoi kapnoí
Genitive τοῦ καπνοῦ
toû kapnoû		 τοῖν καπνοῖν
toîn kapnoîn		 τῶν καπνῶν
tôn kapnôn
Dative τῷ καπνῷ
tôi kapnôi		 τοῖν καπνοῖν
toîn kapnoîn		 τοῖς καπνοῖς
toîs kapnoîs
Accusative τὸν καπνόν
tòn kapnón		 τὼ καπνώ
tṑ kapnṓ		 τοὺς καπνούς
toùs kapnoús
Vocative καπνέ
kapné		 καπνώ
kapnṓ		 καπνοί
kapnoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈpno̞s/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧πνός

Noun

καπνός • (kapnós) m (plural καπνοί)

  1. smoke
    δεν υπάρχει καπνός χωρίς φωτιά (there is no smoke without fire)
  2. tobacco (plant and its products)

Declension
declension of καπνός
singular plural
nominative καπνός • καπνοί •
genitive καπνού • καπνών •
accusative καπνό • καπνούς •
vocative καπνέ • καπνοί •

See also
  • ταμπάκος m (tampákos, “snuff”)
  • νικοτιανή f (nikotianí, “nicotiana”)
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