τράπεζα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥-ped-ih₂- (“having three feet”), from *tr̥- (“three”, combining form) + *pṓds (“foot”). The first element is conventionally linked to *kʷtur- (“four”, combining form) (which is explicitly favored by Beekes over the connection to "three"), 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 • (trắpeză) f (genitive τρᾰπέζης); first declension

  1. a table

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρᾰ́πεζᾰ; τῆς τρᾰπέζης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τρᾰ́πεζᾰ
hē trắpeză 		τὼ τρᾰπέζᾱ
tṑ trăpézā 		αἱ τρᾰ́πεζαι
hai trắpezai
Genitive τῆς τρᾰπέζης
tês trăpézēs 		τοῖν τρᾰπέζαιν
toîn trăpézain 		τῶν τρᾰπεζῶν
tôn trăpezôn
Dative τῇ τρᾰπέζῃ
têi trăpézēi 		τοῖν τρᾰπέζαιν
toîn trăpézain 		ταῖς τρᾰπέζαις
taîs trăpézais
Accusative τὴν τρᾰ́πεζᾰν
tḕn trắpezăn 		τὼ τρᾰπέζᾱ
tṑ trăpézā 		τᾱ̀ς τρᾰπέζᾱς
tā̀s trăpézās
Vocative τρᾰ́πεζᾰ
trắpeză 		τρᾰπέζᾱ
trăpézā 		τρᾰ́πεζαι
trắpezai
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Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τράπεζα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1499
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τράπεζα (trápeza).

Noun

τράπεζα • (trápeza) f (plural τράπεζες)

  1. (finance) bank
  2. ceremonial table

Declension

Declension of τράπεζα
singular plural
nominative τράπεζα (trápeza) τράπεζες (trápezes)
genitive τράπεζας (trápezas) τραπεζών (trapezón)
accusative τράπεζα (trápeza) τράπεζες (trápezes)
vocative τράπεζα (trápeza) τράπεζες (trápezes)

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