καρπαία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καπρία (kapría), κάρπεα (kárpea)

Etymology

The description of the dance does not allow a comparison with καρπός (karpós, “fruit”). The variations point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kar.pǎi̯.aː/ → /karˈpɛ.a/ → /karˈpe.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kar.pǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /karˈpɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /karˈpɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /karˈpe.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /karˈpe.a/

Noun

καρπαίᾱ • (karpaíā) f (genitive καρπαίᾱς); first declension

1. mimic dance in arms of the Thessalians

Inflection

First declension of ἡ καρπαίᾱ; τῆς καρπαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ καρπαίᾱ hē karpaíā	τὼ καρπαίᾱ tṑ karpaíā	αἱ καρπαῖαι hai karpaîai
Genitive	τῆς καρπαίᾱς tês karpaíās	τοῖν καρπαίαιν toîn karpaíain	τῶν καρπαιῶν tôn karpaiôn
Dative	τῇ καρπαίᾳ têi karpaíāi	τοῖν καρπαίαιν toîn karpaíain	ταῖς καρπαίαις taîs karpaíais
Accusative	τὴν καρπαίᾱν tḕn karpaíān	τὼ καρπαίᾱ tṑ karpaíā	τᾱ̀ς καρπαίᾱς tā̀s karpaíās
Vocative	καρπαίᾱ karpaíā	καρπαίᾱ karpaíā	καρπαῖαι karpaîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καρπαία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καρπαία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN