χορταστικώτερα

χορταστικός

good for feeding: neut nom /voc /acc comp pl

κᾰπᾱνικός, ή, όν, ([etym.] καπάνη) dub. in τὰ Θετταλικὰ (sc. δεῖπνα)

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μὲν πολὺ καπᾱνικώτερα Ar.Fr. 492

: expld. by Ath.9.418d as, = ἁμαξιαῖα, enormous, by Hsch. as Χορταστικώτερα, more foodful, more plenteous (from καπάνη = κάπη).

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: Thessalic word for `waggon' = ἀπήνη (Xenarch. 11, H.), -η `cross-bar of the waggon (?)' (Poll. 1, 142), καπᾶναι ( καπαλαί cod.) φάτναι H.

Derivatives: καπάναξ `side-piece of the waggon-box ' (Poll. ibid.; cf. δίφραξ from δίφρος); καπανικώτερα adjunct of Θετταλικά ( δεῖπνα) in Ar. Fr. 492, in Ath. 9, 418d = ἁμαξιαῖα `filling a waggon', acc. to H. as alternative = χορταστικώτερα, ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης `more foodful, more plenteous' (LSJ, from καπάνη = κάπη). - Unclear καπάνη τριχίνη κυνῆ, καπάνια ἁρπεδόνες, καπαλίζει ζευγηλατεῖ H. - Here also Καπανεύς EN? (Boßhardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 121).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Prob. prop. `chest', formation in -ᾱνᾱ (Chantraine Formation 206; cf. esp. ἀπήνη) from κάπη, κάπτω?, s. v. καπάνα reminds of Gallorom. capanna (Alessio Studi Etr. 19, 175 n. 34). Kuiper Μνήμης χάριν 1, 213 n. 9 compared ἀπήνη, with κ\/zero, which means that the word is Pre-Greek, which seems more probable. Fur. 224 n. 96 compares γάπος ὄχημα. Τυρρηνοί H.

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