λεπαστή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λεπάστη (lepástē)

Etymology

From λεπάς (lepás, “limpet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.pas.tɛ̌ː/ → /le.pasˈti/ → /le.pasˈti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.pas.tɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.pasˈte̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.pasˈti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.pasˈti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.pasˈti/

Noun

λεπᾰστή • (lepastḗ) f (genitive λεπᾰστῆς); first declension

1. limpet-shaped drinking-cup

Declension

First declension of ἡ λεπᾰστή; τῆς λεπᾰστῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεπᾰστή hē lepastḗ	τὼ λεπᾰστᾱ́ tṑ lepastā́	αἱ λεπᾰσταί hai lepastaí
Genitive	τῆς λεπᾰστῆς tês lepastês	τοῖν λεπᾰσταῖν toîn lepastaîn	τῶν λεπᾰστῶν tôn lepastôn
Dative	τῇ λεπᾰστῇ têi lepastêi	τοῖν λεπᾰσταῖν toîn lepastaîn	ταῖς λεπᾰσταῖς taîs lepastaîs
Accusative	τὴν λεπᾰστήν tḕn lepastḗn	τὼ λεπᾰστᾱ́ tṑ lepastā́	τᾱ̀ς λεπᾰστᾱ́ς tā̀s lepastā́s
Vocative	λεπᾰστή lepastḗ	λεπᾰστᾱ́ lepastā́	λεπᾰσταί lepastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λεπαστίς (lepastís)

References

• “λεπαστή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λεπαστή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λεπαστή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette