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Meaning & History
Possibly means "stormy breath", derived from the hypothetical Ancient Greek word *kaphos meaning "to breath, gasp" (compare κάπτω (kapto) "to gulp down") and εἴρ (eir), which might mean "hurricane". This was the name of an Oceanid in Greek mythology, who nursed the infant Poseidon on the island of Rhodes. She may have been a minor goddess of storm clouds.