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 • (lepăstḗ) 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 lepăstḗ	τὼ λεπᾰστᾱ́ tṑ lepăstā́	αἱ λεπᾰσταί hai lepăstaí
Genitive	τῆς λεπᾰστῆς tês lepăstês	τοῖν λεπᾰσταῖν toîn lepăstaîn	τῶν λεπᾰστῶν tôn lepăstôn
Dative	τῇ λεπᾰστῇ têi lepăstêi	τοῖν λεπᾰσταῖν toîn lepăstaîn	ταῖς λεπᾰσταῖς taîs lepăstaîs
Accusative	τὴν λεπᾰστήν tḕn lepăstḗn	τὼ λεπᾰστᾱ́ tṑ lepăstā́	τᾱ̀ς λεπᾰστᾱ́ς tā̀s lepăstā́s
Vocative	λεπᾰστή lepăstḗ	λεπᾰστᾱ́ lepăstā́	λεπᾰσταί lepăstaí
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