καρπός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (pluck, harvest); see also West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, Middle Low German hervest (autumn) (Dutch Low Saxon haarfst (autumn)), Danish høst, Latin carpō (to pick), and κείρω (keírō, to cut off).

Noun

κᾰρπός • (karpós) m (genitive κᾰρποῦ); second declension

(Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)
  1. fruit, grain, produce, harvest
  2. the product of something: children (fruit of the body), poetry (fruit of the mind), profit
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Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷerp- (to turn); if so, related to Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (to turn) (English wharf).

Noun

κᾰρπός (karpós) m (genitive κᾰρποῦ); second declension

  1. wrist
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Greek

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (karpós, fruit, grain).

Noun

καρπός (karpós) m (plural καρποί)

  1. fruit, grain
Declension

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (karpós, wrist).

Noun

καρπός (karpós) m (plural καρποί)

  1. (anatomy) wrist
Declension
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