κρηπίδωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρηπῑδόω (krēpīdóō, “to furnish with a foundation”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krɛː.pǐː.dɔː.ma/ → /kriˈpi.ðo.ma/ → /kriˈpi.ðo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krɛː.pǐː.dɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kre̝ˈpi.do.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kriˈpi.ðo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kriˈpi.ðo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kriˈpi.ðo.ma/

Noun

κρηπῑ́δωμᾰ • (krēpī́dōma) n (genitive κρηπῑδώμᾰτος); third declension

1. (architecture) crepidoma, foundation

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κρηπῑ́δωμᾰ; τοῦ κρηπῑδώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρηπῑ́δωμᾰ tò krēpī́dōma	τὼ κρηπῑδώμᾰτε tṑ krēpīdṓmate	τᾰ̀ κρηπῑδώμᾰτᾰ tà krēpīdṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ κρηπῑδώμᾰτος toû krēpīdṓmatos	τοῖν κρηπῑδωμᾰ́τοιν toîn krēpīdōmátoin	τῶν κρηπῑδωμᾰ́των tôn krēpīdōmátōn
Dative	τῷ κρηπῑδώμᾰτῐ tôi krēpīdṓmati	τοῖν κρηπῑδωμᾰ́τοιν toîn krēpīdōmátoin	τοῖς κρηπῑδώμᾰσῐ / κρηπῑδώμᾰσῐν toîs krēpīdṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κρηπῑ́δωμᾰ tò krēpī́dōma	τὼ κρηπῑδώμᾰτε tṑ krēpīdṓmate	τᾰ̀ κρηπῑδώμᾰτᾰ tà krēpīdṓmata
Vocative	κρηπῑ́δωμᾰ krēpī́dōma	κρηπῑδώμᾰτε krēpīdṓmate	κρηπῑδώμᾰτᾰ krēpīdṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: crepidoma

Further reading

• “κρηπίδωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κρηπίδωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette