- καπέτις
- καπέτις, -ιοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `a Persian measure' = 1\/48 of an ἀρτάβη (Polyaen. 4, 3, 32), = χοῖνιξ (H.). - Beside it καπίθη f. a Pers. measure = 2 χοίνικες (X. An. 1, 5, 6) = 2 Att. κοτύλαι (H.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.Etymology: - Persian words, so a connection with κάπτω is improbable (certainly not as Persian, as Chantr. writes!). One recalls Skt. kapaṭī f. `two handfull' cf. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v.; also Lagarde, Gesammelte Abh. 198. Frisk III refers to NPers. (Arab.) qafīz, a measure.Page in Frisk: 1,780
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.