κηπίδες Νύμφαι

κηπ-ίδες Νύμφαι, αἱ,

A garden-Nymphs, prob. in Aristaenet. 1.3.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `garden, orchard, plantation' (Il.), `unworked piece of land' (Cypr.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 3, 303 with R. Meister).

Other forms: Dor. κᾶπος

Compounds: Often as 1. member, e. g. κηπουρός \< *κηπο-Ϝορός (Att., hell.), also κηπ-ωρός (Archipp.; prob. after θυρωρός, s. on θύρα) `gardener'; κηπο-λάχανον `garden of vergetables' (pap.; type ἱππο-πόταμος, s. on ἵππος; cf. Strömberg Wortstudien 7), also κηπο-λαχαν-ία `id.' (pap.); κηπ-εργός `gardener' (Korykos; after ἔργον for - ουργός [Poll.]). Also as 2. member, e. g. περί-κηπος m. `garden around the house' (ptol. pap., D. S.; prob. after περί-χωρος); ἀγρό-κηπος (Att. inscr., Rom. Emp.), ἀγρο-κήπιον (Str.) `field worked as garden'.

Derivatives: Diminutiva κηπίον (Halic. V^a, Th. etc.), - πίδιον (Plu., D. L.), - πάδιον (pap.); κηπαῖος `of the garden' (Arist.; Chantraine Formation 48), κηπεύς, Dor. καπεύς `gardener' (Philyll. Com. 14, AP; Bosshardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 49), κηπίδες Νύμφαι `garden-Nymphs' (Aristainet.). Denomin. verb κηπεύω `work in the garden, cultivate' (E., Eub., Arist.) with κηπεῖαι f. pl. `gardens' (Pl. Lg. 845d), κηπεύματα pl. `garden-products, -fruits' (Ar. Av. 1100), κηπευτής = κηπεύς (Gloss.), κηπεύσιμος `grown up in a garden' (Alex. Trall.; aftr φυτεύσιμος, Arbenz Die Adj. auf - ιμος 86).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur. substr.

Etymology: But for the ending κῆπος, κᾶπος 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. *kāpā́; here also Alb. kopshtë `garden' (with shtë-suffix), which has a velar in anlaut. On further connections, some uncertain or wrong ( κάπετος, Lat. capiō, OHG habaro `oats') s. Bq, Pok. 529. Beekes ?? Does it point to a European substratum?

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