κρούπεζαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κρούπαλα (kroúpala), κρούπετα (kroúpeta)

Etymology

Traditionally explained as deriving from κρούω (kroúō, “to stamp, strike”) and πεζός (pezós, “on foot, walking”). However, the variant forms may also point to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krǔː.pez.dai̯/ → /ˈkru.pe.zɛ/ → /ˈkru.pe.ze/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krǔː.pez.dai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.pe.zɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.pe.zɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.pe.ze/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.pe.ze/

Noun

κρούπεζαι • (kroúpezai) f pl (genitive κρουπεζῶν); first declension

1. high wooden shoes, used in Boeotia for treading olives

Declension

First declension of αἱ κρούπεζαι; τῶν κρουπεζῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ κρούπεζαι hai kroúpezai
Genitive	τῶν κρουπεζῶν tôn kroupezôn
Dative	ταῖς κρουπέζαις taîs kroupézais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς κρουπέζᾱς tā̀s kroupézās
Vocative	κρούπεζαι kroúpezai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κρουπέζιον (kroupézion)
• κρουπεζόομαι (kroupezóomai)
• κρουπεζοφόρος (kroupezophóros)

 

References

• “κρούπεζαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κρούπεζαι 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