τράπεζα

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥-ped-ih₂- (having three feet), from *tr̥- (three, combining form) + *pṓds (foot). The first element is conventionally linked to *kʷtur- (four, combining form) (which is explicitly favored by Beekes over the connection to "three"),[1] but Sihler (1995, p. 411) points out that early tables had three legs, not four.[2] Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀟𐀼 (to-pe-za).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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τρᾰ́πεζᾰ (trápezaf (genitive τρᾰπέζης); first declension

  1. a table

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τράπεζα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1499
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τράπεζα (trápeza).

Noun

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τράπεζα (trápezaf (plural τράπεζες)

  1. (finance) bank
  2. ceremonial table

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