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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unclear. It has been connected with κραιπνός (kraipnós, “swift, rushing”). Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krai̯.pá.lɛː/ → /krɛˈpa.li/ → /kreˈpa.li/
Noun
κραιπᾰ́λη • (kraipálē) f (genitive κραιπᾰ́λης); first declension
- bout of drinking
- intoxication, inebriation
- hangover
Inflection
References
- “κραιπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κραιπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κραιπάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2897 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.
Greek
Pronunciation
Noun
κραιπάλη • (kraipáli) f (plural κραιπάλες)
- binge, bender
- Synonyms: ξεφάντωμα (xefántoma), μεθύσι (methýsi)
Declension