τάπης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τάπις (tápis), δάπης (dápēs), δάπις (dápis), τάβης (tábēs)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Traditionally derived from Iranian (compare Persian تنبسه (tanbase, “carpet, rug”)), but Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

τᾰ́πης • (tápēs) m (genitive τᾰ́πητος); third declension

1. carpet, rug, mat

Declension

Third declension of ὁ τᾰ́πης; τοῦ τᾰ́πητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τᾰ́πης ho tápēs	τὼ τᾰ́πητε tṑ tápēte	οἱ τᾰ́πητες hoi tápētes
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰ́πητος toû tápētos	τοῖν τᾰπήτοιν toîn tapḗtoin	τῶν τᾰπήτων tôn tapḗtōn
Dative	τῷ τᾰ́πητῐ tôi tápēti	τοῖν τᾰπήτοιν toîn tapḗtoin	τοῖς τᾰ́πησῐ / τᾰ́πησῐν toîs tápēsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν τᾰ́πητᾰ tòn tápēta	τὼ τᾰ́πητε tṑ tápēte	τοὺς τᾰ́πητᾰς toùs tápētas
Vocative	τᾰ́πης tápēs	τᾰ́πητε tápēte	τᾰ́πητες tápētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

• ἀμφίδαφος (amphídaphos)
• ἀμφιτάπης (amphitápēs)
• ἀμφίταπις (amphítapis)
• ἀμφίταπος (amphítapos)
• ταπητάριος (tapētários)
• ταπήτιον (tapḗtion)
• ταπίδιον (tapídion)
• ταπιδυφάντης (tapiduphántēs)
• ταπιτάριος (tapitários)

 

Descendants

• Greek: τάπητας (tápitas)
• → Aramaic:

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: טפיטא (ṭāpīṭā), טפטא

  Classical Syriac: ܛܦܝܛܐ (ṭāpīṭā), ܛܦܛܐ

  • →? Arabic: دَبَش (dabaš)
• → Latin: tapēte, tapēs (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “τάπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • carpet idem, page 114.
  • hangings idem, page 384.
  • rug idem, page 725.
  • tapestry idem, page 855.
  • upholstery idem, page 938.
• “τάπης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ṭpy+”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–