καλοπέδιλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) +‎ πέδῑλον (pédīlon, “sandal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaː.lo.pé.diː.la/ → /ka.loˈpe.ði.la/ → /ka.loˈpe.ði.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kaː.lo.pé.diː.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.loˈpe.di.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.loˈpe.ði.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.loˈpe.ði.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.loˈpe.ði.la/

Noun

κᾱλοπέδῑλᾰ • (kālopédīla) n pl (genitive κᾱλοπεδῑ́λων); second declension

1. wooden shoes, probably a hobble tied to a cow's legs to keep her still while milking

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ κᾱλοπέδῑλᾰ; τῶν κᾱλοπεδῑ́λων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ κᾱλοπέδῑλᾰ tà kālopédīla
Genitive	τῶν κᾱλοπεδῑ́λων tôn kālopedī́lōn
Dative	τοῖς κᾱλοπεδῑ́λοις toîs kālopedī́lois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ κᾱλοπέδῑλᾰ tà kālopédīla
Vocative	κᾱλοπέδῑλᾰ kālopédīla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καλοπέδιλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καλοπέδιλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette