χεδροπά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κέδροπα (kédropa), κέρδοπα (kérdopa), χέδροπα (khédropa), χέδροψ (khédrops)

Etymology

The word has been compared with Proto-Slavic *gorxъ (“pea”) and Latin furfur (“bran, husks of grain”), but this is formally untenable. A derivation from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) and δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck”) is folk-etymological. The variations show that the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰe.dro.pá/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe.droˈpa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çe.ðroˈpa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çe.ðroˈpa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çe.ðroˈpa/

Noun

χεδροπά • (khedropá) n pl (genitive χεδροπῶν); second declension

pulse, leguminous fruits

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ χεδροπᾰ́; τῶν χεδροπῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ χεδροπᾰ́ tằ khedropắ
Genitive	τῶν χεδροπῶν tôn khedropôn
Dative	τοῖς χεδροποῖς toîs khedropoîs
Accusative	τᾰ̀ χεδροπᾰ́ tằ khedropắ
Vocative	χεδροπᾰ́ khedropắ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

χεδροπώδης (khedropṓdēs)

References

“χεδροπά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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