τράπεζα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τρᾰ́πεσδᾰ (trápesda) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥-ped-ih₂- (“having three feet”), from *tr̥- (“three”, combining form) + *pṓds (“foot”). The first element is conventionally made *kʷtur- (“four”, combining form), but Sihler (1995, p. 411) points out that early tables had three legs, not four. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀟𐀼 (to-pe-za).

Pronunciation

Noun

τρᾰ́πεζᾰ • (trápeza) f (genitive τρᾰπέζης); first declension

1. a table

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Greek: τράπεζα (trápeza)
• → Coptic: ⲧⲣⲁⲡⲉⲍⲁ (trapeza)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: طربيزة (ṭarabēza, ṭarabīza)
• → Ge'ez: ጠረጴዛ (ṭäräp̣p̣eza)
  • → Amharic: ጠረጴዛ (ṭäräp̣p̣eza)
    • → Sidamo: xarapheezza
• → Old Armenian: տրապիզ (trapiz), տրապէզ (trapēz), դրաբէզ (drabēz)
• → Old Georgian: ტრაპეზი (ṭraṗezi), ტრაპესი (ṭraṗesi)
  • Georgian: ტრაპეზი (ṭraṗezi)
  • → Svan: ტრაპეზ (ṭraṗez), ტრაბეზ (ṭrabez)
• → Ottoman Turkish: طراپزه (tırapeza)
• → Russian: трапеза (trapeza)
• ⇒ Ancient Greek: τραπέζιον (trapézion)
  • → Latin: trapezium
    • → English: trapezium

Further reading

• “τράπεζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τράπεζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τράπεζα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τράπεζα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τράπεζα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τράπεζα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5132 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bank idem, page 61.
  • board idem, page 86.
  • counter idem, page 177.
  • meal idem, page 519.
  • table idem, page 851.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τράπεζα (trápeza).

Noun

τράπεζα • (trápeza) f (plural τράπεζες)

1. (finance) bank
2. ceremonial table

Declension

Related terms

• τραπεζίτης m (trapezítis, “banker”)
• τραπεζικός m (trapezikós, “bank clerk, teller”)
• τραπεζογραμμάτιο n (trapezogrammátio, “banknote”)
• τραπεζιτικός (trapezitikós, “banker's”, adjective)
• τραπεζικός (trapezikós, “bank”, adjective)
• τράπεζα αίματος f (trápeza aímatos, “blood bank”)

• and compare with: τραπέζι n (trapézi, “table”)

Further reading

• τράπεζα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el