πραπίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to σανίς (sanís), ἐλπίς (elpís) and φροντίς (phrontís). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”), the same root of Latin corpus (“body”), Proto-Germanic *hrefaz (“body; belly”) and Sanskrit कृप् (kṛp, “beauty”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pra.pís/ → /praˈpis/ → /praˈpis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pra.pís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /praˈpis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /praˈpis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /praˈpis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /praˈpis/

Noun

πρᾰπίς • (prapís) f (genitive πρᾰπίδος); third declension

1. (in the plural) midriff, diaphragm
2. spirit, mind
3. heart, as the seat of emotions
4. prudence, wisdom

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πρᾰπῐ́ς; τῆς πρᾰπῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρᾰπῐ́ς hē prapís	τὼ πρᾰπῐ́δε tṑ prapíde	αἱ πρᾰπῐ́δες hai prapídes
Genitive	τῆς πρᾰπῐ́δος tês prapídos	τοῖν πρᾰπῐ́δοιν toîn prapídoin	τῶν πρᾰπῐ́δων tôn prapídōn
Dative	τῇ πρᾰπῐ́δῐ têi prapídi	τοῖν πρᾰπῐ́δοιν toîn prapídoin	ταῖς πρᾰπῐ́σῐ / πρᾰπῐ́σῐν taîs prapísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πρᾰπῐ́δᾰ tḕn prapída	τὼ πρᾰπῐ́δε tṑ prapíde	τᾱ̀ς πρᾰπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s prapídas
Vocative	πρᾰπῐ́ς prapís	πρᾰπῐ́δε prapíde	πρᾰπῐ́δες prapídes
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 *-ds.

Further reading

• πραπίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πραπίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• 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