κλάπαι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κλάποι (klápoi)
Etymology
No etymology. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, after the clattering.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klá.pai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkla.pɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkla.pɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkla.pe/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkla.pe/
Proper noun
κλάπαι • (klápai) f pl (genitive κλαπῶν); first declension
- wooden shoes, pattens
- stick, as a means of punishment
Inflection
First declension of αἱ κλάπαι; τῶν κλαπῶν (Attic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | αἱ κλάπαι hai klápai | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν κλαπῶν tôn klapôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | ταῖς κλάπαις taîs klápais | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾱ̀ς κλάπᾱς tā̀s klápās | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κλάπαι klápai | ||||||||||||
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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