κραιπάλη

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/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krai̯.pá.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /krɛˈpa.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /krɛˈpa.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kreˈpa.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kreˈpa.li/

Noun

κραιπᾰ́λη • (kraipálē) f (genitive κραιπᾰ́λης); first declension

1. bout of drinking
2. intoxication, inebriation
3. hangover

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κραιπᾰ́λη; τῆς κραιπᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κραιπᾰ́λη hē kraipálē	τὼ κραιπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ kraipálā	αἱ κραιπᾰ́λαι hai kraipálai
Genitive	τῆς κραιπᾰ́λης tês kraipálēs	τοῖν κραιπᾰ́λαιν toîn kraipálain	τῶν κραιπᾰλῶν tôn kraipalôn
Dative	τῇ κραιπᾰ́λῃ têi kraipálēi	τοῖν κραιπᾰ́λαιν toîn kraipálain	ταῖς κραιπᾰ́λαις taîs kraipálais
Accusative	τὴν κραιπᾰ́λην tḕn kraipálēn	τὼ κραιπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ kraipálā	τᾱ̀ς κραιπᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s kraipálās
Vocative	κραιπᾰ́λη kraipálē	κραιπᾰ́λᾱ kraipálā	κραιπᾰ́λαι kraipálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • headache idem, page 391.

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈpa.li/

Noun

κραιπάλη • (kraipáli) f (plural κραιπάλες)

1. binge, bender

   Synonyms: ξεφάντωμα (xefántoma), μεθύσι (methýsi)

Declension

Declension of κραιπάλη

	singular	plural
nominative	κραιπάλη •	κραιπάλες •
genitive	κραιπάλης •	—
accusative	κραιπάλη •	κραιπάλες •
vocative	κραιπάλη •	κραιπάλες •