κράββατος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Ancient Macedonian *γράβος (grabos, oak), attested by γράβιον (grabion, torch); the Macedonian term appears to be of substrate origin. Compare Latin grabātus (cot, pallet).[1]

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Noun

κρᾰ́ββᾰτος (krábbatosm (genitive κρᾰββᾰ́του); second declension

  1. couch, mattress, pallet
    Synonyms: κλίνη (klínē), λέκτρον (léktron), στρῶμα (strôma), στρωμνή (strōmnḗ)

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κράββατος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 766

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