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 • (paipắlē) f (genitive παιπᾰ́λης); first declension

1. finest flour or meal

   Synonym: πᾰσπᾰ́λη (păspắlē)

2. subtle talker, shrewd person

Inflection

First declension of ἡ παιπᾰ́λη; τῆς παιπᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παιπᾰ́λη hē paipắlē	τὼ παιπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ paipắlā	αἱ παιπᾰ́λαι hai paipắlai
Genitive	τῆς παιπᾰ́λης tês paipắlēs	τοῖν παιπᾰ́λαιν toîn paipắlain	τῶν παιπᾰλῶν tôn paipălôn
Dative	τῇ παιπᾰ́λῃ têi paipắlēi	τοῖν παιπᾰ́λαιν toîn paipắlain	ταῖς παιπᾰ́λαις taîs paipắlais
Accusative	τὴν παιπᾰ́λην tḕn paipắlēn	τὼ παιπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ paipắlā	τᾱ̀ς παιπᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s paipắlās
Vocative	παιπᾰ́λη paipắlē	παιπᾰ́λᾱ paipắlā	παιπᾰ́λαι paipắlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῠσπαίπᾰλος (dŭspaípălos)
• παιπᾰλᾰ́ω (paipălắō)
• παιπᾰ́λεος (paipắleos)
• παιπᾰ́λημᾰ (paipắlēmă)
• παιπᾰ́λῐμος (paipắlĭmos)
• παιπᾰλόεις (paipălóeis)
• παίπᾰλον (paípălon)
• παιπᾰλώδης (paipălṓdēs)
• πολῠπαίπᾰλος (polŭpaípălos)

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