Κηπεύω Κηπεία Κηπίον

I garden

Translated by Nick Nicholas17 Nov 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

22 words

Gardens [spelled with epsilon iota, feminine] [sc. is also attested]; but 'little garden' in the neuter [sc. is spelled with an iota].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κηπεύω· Κηπεία· Κηπίον δὲ οὐδετέρως.

Betacode

*khpeu/w: *khpei/a: *khpi/on de\ ou)dete/rws.

Listing of related words; khpei/a, h( is "garden" in Plato, Laws 845D. (ps.-Zonaras construes the word as "gardening"). The diminutive khpi/on occurs e.g. in Polybius 6.17.2. Though this kind of spelling distinction is a favourite of Greek lexicographers, this is the only attested instance.

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