δέπας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *deupa (“cradle, deposit”). See Albanian djep.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dé.pas/ → /ˈðe.pas/ → /ˈðe.pas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dé.pas/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde.pas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.pas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.pas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.pas/

Noun

δέπᾰς • (dépas) n (genitive δέπᾰος); third declension

1. beaker, goblet

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δέπᾰς; τοῦ δέπᾰος (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέπᾰς tò dépas	τὼ δέπᾰε tṑ dépae	τᾰ̀ δέπᾰ / δέπᾰτᾰ tà dépa / dépata
Genitive	τοῦ δέπᾰος toû dépaos	τοῖν δεπᾰ́οιν toîn depáoin	τῶν δεπᾰ́ων tôn depáōn
Dative	τῷ δέπαι / δέπᾳ tôi dépai / dépāi	τοῖν δεπᾰ́οιν toîn depáoin	τοῖς δεπάεσσῐ / δεπάεσσῐν / δέπᾱσσῐ / δέπᾱσσῐν toîs depáessi(n) / dépāssi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δέπᾰς tò dépas	τὼ δέπᾰε tṑ dépae	τᾰ̀ δέπᾰ / δέπᾰτᾰ tà dépa / dépata
Vocative	δέπᾰς dépas	δέπᾰε dépae	δέπᾰ / δέπᾰτᾰ dépa / dépata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δεπάζω (depázō)
• δεπαστραῖος (depastraîos)
• δέπαστρον (dépastron)
• φιλοδεπαστής (philodepastḗs)

 

Further reading

• “δέπας”, 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.
  • cup idem, page 189.
  • goblet idem, page 365.