τράπεζα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• 𐀵𐀟𐀼 (to-pe-za)
• 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) points out that early tables had three legs, not four.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

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

1. a table

Inflection

First declension of τρᾰ́πεζᾰ, τρᾰπέζης

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τρᾰ́πεζᾰ	τρᾰπέζᾱ	τρᾰ́πεζαι
Genitive	τρᾰπέζης	τρᾰπέζαιν	τρᾰπεζῶν
Dative	τρᾰπέζῃ	τρᾰπέζαιν	τρᾰπέζαις
Accusative	τρᾰ́πεζᾰν	τρᾰπέζᾱ	τρᾰπέζᾱς
Vocative	τρᾰ́πεζᾰ	τρᾰπέζᾱ	τρᾰ́πεζαι
Dialectal forms:
Notes:

Derived terms

Terms derived from τράπεζα (trápeza)

• 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)

References

• 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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• 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

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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”)