κῆπος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[garden]], [[orchard]], [[plantation]] (Il.), [[unworked piece of land]] (Cypr.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 3, 303 with R. Meister).<br />Other forms: Dor. <b class="b3">κᾶπος</b><br />Compounds: Often as 1. member, e. g. <b class="b3">κηπουρός</b> < <b class="b3">*κηπο-Ϝορός</b> (Att., hell.), also <b class="b3">κηπ-ωρός</b> (Archipp.; prob. after <b class="b3">θυρωρός</b>, s. on <b class="b3">θύρα</b>) [[gardener]]; <b class="b3">κηπο-λάχανον</b> [[garden of vergetables]] (pap.; type <b class="b3">ἱππο-πόταμος</b>, s. on <b class="b3">ἵππος</b>; cf. Strömberg Wortstudien 7), also <b class="b3">κηπο-λαχαν-ία</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (pap.); <b class="b3">κηπ-εργός</b> [[gardener]] (Korykos; after <b class="b3">ἔργον</b> for <b class="b3">-ουργός</b> [Poll.]). Also as 2. member, e. g. <b class="b3">περί-κηπος</b> m. [[garden around the house]] (ptol. pap., D. S.; prob. after <b class="b3">περί-χωρος</b>); <b class="b3">ἀγρό-κηπος</b> (Att. inscr., Rom. Emp.), <b class="b3">ἀγρο-κήπιον</b> (Str.) [[field worked as garden]].<br />Derivatives: Diminutiva <b class="b3">κηπίον</b> (Halic. Va, Th. etc.), <b class="b3">-πίδιον</b> (Plu., D. L.), <b class="b3">-πάδιον</b> (pap.); <b class="b3">κηπαῖος</b> [[of the garden]] (Arist.; Chantraine Formation 48), <b class="b3">κηπεύς</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">καπεύς</b> [[gardener]] (Philyll. Com. 14, AP; Bosshardt Die Nom. auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 49), <b class="b3">κηπίδες Νύμφαι</b> [[garden-Nymphs]] (Aristainet.). Denomin. verb <b class="b3">κηπεύω</b> <b class="b2">work in the garden, cultivate</b> (E., Eub., Arist.) with <b class="b3">κηπεῖαι</b> f. pl. [[gardens]] (Pl. Lg. 845d), <b class="b3">κηπεύματα</b> pl. <b class="b2">garden-products, -fruits</b> (Ar. Av. 1100), <b class="b3">κηπευτής</b> = <b class="b3">κηπεύς</b> (Gloss.), <b class="b3">κηπεύσιμος</b> [[grown up in a garden]] (Alex. Trall.; aftr <b class="b3">φυτεύσιμος</b>, Arbenz Die Adj. auf <b class="b3">-ιμος</b> 86).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur. substr.<br />Etymology: But for the ending <b class="b3">κῆπος</b>, <b class="b3">κᾶπος</b> can be identical with a westgerm. word of comparable meaning, OHG [[huoba]], OS [[hōba]], NHG [[Hufe]], [[Hube]] f. [[piece of land of a certain size]], Dutch [[hoeve]] [[farm]], IE. <b class="b2">*kāpā́</b>; here also Alb. <b class="b2">kopshtë</b> [[garden]] (with <b class="b2">shtë-</b>suffix), which has a velar in anlaut. On further connections, some uncertain or wrong (<b class="b3">κάπετος</b>, Lat. [[capiō]], OHG [[habaro]] [[oats]]) s. Bq, Pok. 529. Beekes ?? Does it point to a European substratum?<br />2. Meaning: [[ape]]<br />See also: s. [[κῆβος]].