Καπύην (Kapyen)

Καπύην is an Ancient Greek form of Καπύη, meaning “Kapye — the capital of Campania, and one of the most important and celebrated cities of Italy”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 36 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Fabius Maximus 17.3: τὰ γὰρ πλεῖστα καὶ μέγιστα τῶν ἐθνῶν αὐτῷ προσεχώρησεν ἑκούσια, καὶ Καπύην, ἣ μέγιστον ἔχει μετὰ Ῥώμην ἀξίωμα τῶν πόλεων, προσθεμένην κατέσχεν. οὐ μόνον δʼ ἦν ἄρα τὸ φίλων πεῖραν λαβεῖ …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.