LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

caupō

caupō m (genitive caupōnis, feminine caupōna)
Classical[ˈkau̯.poː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaːu̯.po]

Meaning

  1. tradesman
  2. innkeeper, shopkeeper, tavern-keeper

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Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Deversorium · Hospitium · Caupona · Taberna · Popina · Ganeum

Deversorium is any house of reception on a journey, whether one’s own property, or that of one’s friends, or of inn-keepers; hospitium, an inn for the reception of strangers; caupona (from καρποῦσθαι?) a tavern kept by a publican. These establishments afford lodging as well as food; whereas tabernæ, popinæ, ganea, only food, like restaurateurs; tabernæ (from trabes?), for the common people, as eating-houses; popinæ (from popa, πέψαι), for gentlefolks and gourmands, like ordinaries; ganea (from ἀγανός?), for voluptuaries. (vi. 101.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecaupōcaupōnēs
cōpōnēs, cūpōnēs
genitivecaupōnis
cōpōnis, cūpōnis		caupōnum
cōpōnum, cūpōnum
dativecaupōnī
cōpōnī, cūpōnī		caupōnibus
cōpōnibus, cūpōnibus
accusativecaupōnem
cōpōnem, cūpōnem		caupōnēs
cōpōnēs, cūpōnēs
ablativecaupōne
cōpōne, cūpōne		caupōnibus
cōpōnibus, cūpōnibus
vocativecaupōcaupōnēs
cōpōnēs, cūpōnēs

caupo (also cōpo and cūpo, Charis. p. 47 P.; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 6, 7;
I. the form copo, Cic. Clu. 59, 163; Inscr. Orell. 4169; Inscr. Momms. 5078), ōnis, m. root cap-, to take in, receive, v. capio; cf. κάπηλος, a petty tradesman, huckster, innkeeper, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 35; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 51; Hor. S. 1, 1, 29 K. and H.; 1, 5, 4; Mart. 1, 57; Dig. 4, 9, 1 al.—*
II. Trop.: sapientiae atque facundiae, Tert. Anim. 3.

Origins

Cognate with Ancient Greek κᾰ́πηλος (kắpēlos), possibly from Pre-Greek, likely borrowed separately. A derivation of either from Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂- (“to buy”), whence ἐπρῐάμην (eprĭámēn) as suppletive aorist of ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai, “to buy”), seems far-fetched. As Beekes mentions, Furnee offers Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒀊𒈦 (ḫappar, “purchase, price”) as a comparandum, in which case the IE derivation would be *h₃ep-, whence ops (“power”) and Homeric Ancient Greek ἀφνειός (aphneiós, “rich, wealthy”), although this is also speculative. Gemoll considers a connection to Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “gulp down, snap”).

Descendants
  • Proto-Germanic*kaupô

In English words that came into English from caupō

  • cheapcaupō
  • coopcupa

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCaupoCaupo The nature of the business of a caupo is explained by Gaius (Dig. 4, 9, 5): Caupo... mercedem accipit non pro custodia, sed ut viatores manere i…

Quick answers

What does caupō mean in Latin?
caupō, a noun, means “tradesman; innkeeper, shopkeeper, tavern-keeper”.
What is the genitive of caupō?
The genitive singular is caupōnis. caupō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce caupō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkau̯.poː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkaːu̯.po].