τράπεζα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τρᾰ́πεσδᾰ (trápesda) – Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥-ped-ih₂- (“having three feet”), from *tr̥- (“three”, combining form) + *pṓds (“foot”). The first element is conventionally made *kʷtur- (“four”, combining form), but Sihler (1995, p. 411) points out that early tables had three legs, not four. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀟𐀼 (to-pe-za).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trá.pez.da/ → /ˈtra.pe.za/ → /ˈtra.pe.za/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trá.pez.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pɛ.za/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pe.za/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pe.za/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pe.za/

Noun

τρᾰ́πεζᾰ • (trápeza) f (genitive τρᾰπέζης); first declension

1. a table

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρᾰ́πεζᾰ; τῆς τρᾰπέζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρᾰ́πεζᾰ hē trápeza	τὼ τρᾰπέζᾱ tṑ trapézā	αἱ τρᾰ́πεζαι hai trápezai
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰπέζης tês trapézēs	τοῖν τρᾰπέζαιν toîn trapézain	τῶν τρᾰπεζῶν tôn trapezôn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰπέζῃ têi trapézēi	τοῖν τρᾰπέζαιν toîn trapézain	ταῖς τρᾰπέζαις taîs trapézais
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰ́πεζᾰν tḕn trápezan	τὼ τρᾰπέζᾱ tṑ trapézā	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰπέζᾱς tā̀s trapézās
Vocative	τρᾰ́πεζᾰ trápeza	τρᾰπέζᾱ trapézā	τρᾰ́πεζαι trápezai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρᾰπεζεῖον (trapezeîon)
• τρᾰπεζείτης (trapezeítēs)
• τρᾰπεζεύς (trapezeús)
• τρᾰπεζήεις (trapezḗeis)
• τρᾰπεζήτᾱς (trapezḗtās)
• τρᾰπεζῐ́ᾱ (trapezíā)
• τρᾰπεζίᾱς (trapezíās)
• τρᾰπέζῐον (trapézion)
• τρᾰπεζῑτείᾱ (trapezīteíā)
• τρᾰπεζῑτεύω (trapezīteúō)
• τρᾰπεζῑ́της (trapezī́tēs)
• τρᾰπεζῑτῐκός (trapezītikós)
• τρᾰπεζοειδής (trapezoeidḗs)
• τρᾰπεζοκόμος (trapezokómos)
• τρᾰπεζόκορος (trapezókoros)
• τρᾰπεζολοιχός (trapezoloikhós)
• τρᾰπεζοπίναξ (trapezopínax)
• τρᾰπεζοποιέω (trapezopoiéō)
• τρᾰπεζοποιῐ́ᾱ (trapezopoiíā)
• τρᾰπεζοποιός (trapezopoiós)
• τρᾰπεζορήτωρ (trapezorḗtōr)
• τρᾰπεζότης (trapezótēs)
• Τρᾰπεζούντῐος (Trapezoúntios)
• Τρᾰπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs)
• τρᾰπεζοφόρος (trapezophóros)
• τρᾰπεζόω (trapezóō)
• τρᾰπεζώ (trapezṓ)
• τρᾰπεζώδης (trapezṓdēs)
• τρᾰπέζωμᾰ (trapézōma)
• τρᾰπεζωνῐ́ᾱ (trapezōníā)
• τρᾰπέζωσῐς (trapézōsis)

 

Descendants

• Greek: τράπεζα (trápeza)
• → Coptic: ⲧⲣⲁⲡⲉⲍⲁ (trapeza)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: طربيزة‎ (ṭarabēza, ṭarabīza)
• → Ge'ez: ጠረጴዛ (ṭäräp̣p̣eza)
  • → Amharic: ጠረጴዛ (ṭäräp̣p̣eza)
    • → Sidamo: xarapheezza
• → Old Armenian: տրապիզ (trapiz)
• ⇒ Ancient Greek: τραπέζιον (trapézion)
  • → Latin: trapezium
    • → English: trapezium

Further reading

• “τράπεζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τράπεζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τράπεζα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τράπεζα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τράπεζα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τράπεζα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5132 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bank idem, page 61.
  • board idem, page 86.
  • counter idem, page 177.
  • meal idem, page 519.
  • table idem, page 851.
• 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
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τράπεζα (trápeza)

Noun

τράπεζα • (trápeza) f (plural τράπεζες)

1. (finance) bank
2. ceremonial table

Declension

declension of τράπεζα

	singular	plural
nominative	τράπεζα •	τράπεζες •
genitive	τράπεζας •	τραπεζών •
accusative	τράπεζα •	τράπεζες •
vocative	τράπεζα •	τράπεζες •

Related terms

• τραπεζίτης m (trapezítis, “banker”)
• τραπεζικός m (trapezikós, “bank clerk, teller”)
• τραπεζογραμμάτιο n (trapezogrammátio, “banknote”)
• τραπεζιτικός (trapezitikós, “banker's”, adjective)
• τραπεζικός (trapezikós, “bank”, adjective)
• τράπεζα αίματος f (trápeza aímatos, “blood bank”)

• and compare with: τραπέζι n (trapézi, “table”)