κλάπαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κλάποι (klápoi)

Etymology

No etymology. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, after the clattering.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klá.pai̯/ → /ˈkla.pɛ/ → /ˈkla.pe/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klá.pai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.pɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.pɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.pe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.pe/

Proper noun

κλάπαι • (klápai) f pl (genitive κλαπῶν); first declension

1. wooden shoes, pattens, clogs
2. stocks, as a means of punishment

Inflection

First declension of αἱ κλάπαι; τῶν κλαπῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ κλάπαι hai klápai
Genitive	τῶν κλαπῶν tôn klapôn
Dative	ταῖς κλάπαις taîs klápais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς κλάπᾱς tā̀s klápās
Vocative	κλάπαι klápai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κλάπαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κλάπαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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