κάππαρις
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
English (LSJ)
εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ,
A caper-plant, Capparis spinosa, or its fruit, caper, Hp.Fist.10 (v.l. καπαρ-), Arist.Pr.924a1, Antiph.62, Timocl. 23, Alex.127.6, Thphr.HP6.5.2, PCair.Zen.488 (iii B.C.), LXXEc. 12.5, Dsc.2.173, etc.; ὁ Ζήνων ὤμνυε τὴν κ. Empedusap.Ath.9.370c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1324] εως, ἡ, der Kapernstrauch u. seine Frucht, die Kapern; Hippocr. u. Theophr.; Ath. XIII, 567 e.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κάππαρις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ φυτὸν καὶ ὁ καρπός, Λατ. capparis, Ἱπποκρ. 890Ε, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 20. 12, Ἀντιφάνης ἐν «Βομβυλίω» 3, κ. ἀλλ.· τὴν κάππαριν συνέλεγον αἱ πτωχαὶ γυναῖκες, Φρύνης ἐρασθεὶς ἡνικ’ ἔτι τὴν κάππαριν συνέλεγεν Τιμοκλ. ἐν «Νεαίρᾳ» 1· ἐντεῦθεν εν τῷ ὑποκορ. ἡ παροιμία, πρὸς καππάριον ζῇς, δυνάμενος πρὸς ἀνθίαν Ἀνων. Κωμικ. παρὰ Πλουτ. 668Α· - ἡ ῥίζα αὐτῆς ἐκαλεῖτο καππαρόριζον, Ὀρνεοσόφ. σ. 252.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
câprier, plante ; câpre.
Étymologie: DELG emprunt certain, mais on ne sait pas à quelle langue.
Greek Monotonic
κάππᾰρις: -εως, ἡ, το φυτό κάππαρη ή ο καρπός της κάππαρης, Λατ. capparis, σε Αριστ. (άγν. προέλ.).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κάππαρις: εως ἡ бот. каперсы (кустарник или плод его - Capparis spinosa) Arst., Plut.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
κάππαρις -εως, ἡ Ion. gen. -ιος, kapper, kappertje (zowel de plant als de vrucht).
Frisk Etymological English
-εως, -ιος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: caper-plant, Capparis spinosa (Hp., Arist.);
Derivatives: Diminut. καπ(π)άριον (pap.). - From it κάππαρος m. a fish (PCair. Zen. 83, IIIa); after the preparation, s. Strömberg Fischnamen 88.
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Orient.
Etymology: Berger connected (Kultupfl. 13ff) the word with NPers. kabar `id and Burušaski čopuri, čopǝri.
