Τραπεζοῦς

Τραπεζοῦς

See also: Τραπεζούς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τράπεζα (trápeza, “table, flat surface”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tra.pe.zûːs/ → /tra.peˈzus/ → /tra.peˈzus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tra.pe.zûːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tra.peˈzus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tra.peˈzus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tra.peˈzus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tra.peˈzus/

Proper noun

Τρᾰπεζοῦς • (Trapezoûs) m (genitive Τρᾰπεζοῦντος); third declension

1. Trapezus, a colony in Pontus founded by Miletus.
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausianas Periegeta, Description of Greece 8.3.3
2. Trabzon, Turkey.
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 7.4.3

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Τρᾰπεζοῦς; τοῦ Τρᾰπεζοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τρᾰπεζοῦς ho Trapezoûs
Genitive	τοῦ Τρᾰπεζοῦντος toû Trapezoûntos
Dative	τῷ Τρᾰπεζοῦντῐ tôi Trapezoûnti
Accusative	τὸν Τρᾰπεζοῦντᾰ tòn Trapezoûnta
Vocative	Τρᾰπεζοῦν Trapezoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τρᾰπεζούντῐος (Trapezoúntios)

Descendants

• Greek: Τραπεζούς (Trapezoús)
• → Latin: Trapezūs
  • → English: Trapezus

(via accusative form Τραπεζοῦντα (Trapezoûnta)):

• Greek: Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta)
• → Arabic: طَرَابِزُون‎ (ṭarābizūn)
• → Armenian: Տրապիզոն (Trapizon)
• → English: Trapezund
• → English: Trebizond
• → French: Trébizonde
• → German: Trapezunt
• → Italian: Trebisonda
• → Ottoman Turkish: طربزون‎ (tırabızon)
  • Turkish: Trabzon
    • → English: Trabzon
    • → Russian: Трабзо́н (Trabzón)
• → Russian: Трапезу́нд (Trapezúnd)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028