παιπάλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

In view of the glosses παιπάλλειν (paipállein, “to shake”) and παιπαλώσσω (paipalṓssō), this word could be an intensive reduplication of the root Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, swing, shake”) of πάλλω (pállō, “to brandish a weapon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.pá.lɛː/ → /pɛˈpa.li/ → /peˈpa.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.pá.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛˈpa.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛˈpa.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈpa.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈpa.li/

Noun

παιπᾰ́λη • (paipálē) f (genitive παιπᾰ́λης); first declension

1. finest flour or meal

   Synonym: πᾰσπᾰ́λη (paspálē)

2. subtle talker, shrewd person

Inflection

First declension of ἡ παιπᾰ́λη; τῆς παιπᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παιπᾰ́λη hē paipálē	τὼ παιπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ paipálā	αἱ παιπᾰ́λαι hai paipálai
Genitive	τῆς παιπᾰ́λης tês paipálēs	τοῖν παιπᾰ́λαιν toîn paipálain	τῶν παιπᾰλῶν tôn paipalôn
Dative	τῇ παιπᾰ́λῃ têi paipálēi	τοῖν παιπᾰ́λαιν toîn paipálain	ταῖς παιπᾰ́λαις taîs paipálais
Accusative	τὴν παιπᾰ́λην tḕn paipálēn	τὼ παιπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ paipálā	τᾱ̀ς παιπᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s paipálās
Vocative	παιπᾰ́λη paipálē	παιπᾰ́λᾱ paipálā	παιπᾰ́λαι paipálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῠσπαίπᾰλος (duspaípalos)
• παιπᾰλᾰ́ω (paipaláō)
• παιπᾰ́λεος (paipáleos)
• παιπᾰ́λημᾰ (paipálēma)
• παιπᾰ́λῐμος (paipálimos)
• παιπᾰλόεις (paipalóeis)
• παίπᾰλον (paípalon)
• παιπᾰλώδης (paipalṓdēs)
• πολῠπαίπᾰλος (polupaípalos)

 

Further reading

• “παιπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιπάλη 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