Τραπεζοῦς

See also: Τραπεζούς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Contracted from *τραπεζό(ϝ)εις, from τράπεζα (trápeza, “table, flat surface”) +‎ -εις (-eis, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tra.pez.dûːs/ → /tra.peˈzus/ → /tra.peˈzus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tra.pez.dûːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tra.peˈzus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tra.peˈzus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tra.peˈzus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tra.peˈzus/

Proper noun

Τρᾰπεζοῦς • (Trapezoûs) m (genitive Τρᾰπεζοῦντος); third declension

1. Trapezus, a colony in Pontus founded by Miletus.
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 8.3.3
2. Trabzon, Turkey.
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 7.4.3

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Τρᾰπεζοῦς; τοῦ Τρᾰπεζοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τρᾰπεζοῦς ho Trapezoûs
Genitive	τοῦ Τρᾰπεζοῦντος toû Trapezoûntos
Dative	τῷ Τρᾰπεζοῦντῐ tôi Trapezoûnti
Accusative	τὸν Τρᾰπεζοῦντᾰ tòn Trapezoûnta
Vocative	Τρᾰπεζοῦν Trapezoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τρᾰπεζούντῐος (Trapezoúntios)

Descendants

• Armenian: Տրապիզոն (Trapizon)
• English: Trapezus, Trebizond, Trabzon
• Greek: Τραπεζούς (Trapezoús), Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta)
• Latin: Trapezūs
• Turkish: Trabzon
• German: Trapezunt
• French: Trébizonde
• Italian: Trebisonda
• Persian: Trabuzan

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028