πασπάλη

See also: πάσπαλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation and origin are unknown. It seems obvious to connect παιπάλη (paipálē, “finest flour”), but the relation is unclear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pas.pá.lɛː/ → /pasˈpa.li/ → /pasˈpa.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pas.pá.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pasˈpa.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pasˈpa.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pasˈpa.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pasˈpa.li/

Noun

πᾰσπᾰ́λη • (păspắlē) f (genitive πᾰσπᾰ́λης); first declension

1. finest flour or meal

   Synonym: παιπάλη (paipálē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰσπᾰ́λη; τῆς πᾰσπᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰσπᾰ́λη hē păspắlē	τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ păspắlā	αἱ πᾰσπᾰ́λαι hai păspắlai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰσπᾰ́λης tês păspắlēs	τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λαιν toîn păspắlain	τῶν πᾰσπᾰλῶν tôn păspălôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰσπᾰ́λῃ têi păspắlēi	τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λαιν toîn păspắlain	ταῖς πᾰσπᾰ́λαις taîs păspắlais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰσπᾰ́λην tḕn păspắlēn	τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ păspắlā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s păspắlās
Vocative	πᾰσπᾰ́λη păspắlē	πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ păspắlā	πᾰσπᾰ́λαι păspắlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰσπᾰλέτης (păspălétēs)
• πᾰσπᾰληφᾰ́γος (păspălēphắgos)
• πᾰ́σπᾰλος (pắspălos)

Descendants

• Greek: πασπάλη (paspáli)

Further reading

• “πασπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πασπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πασπάλη 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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πασπάλη (paspálē)

Noun

πασπάλη • (paspáli) f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) flour, powder

Declension

Declension of πασπάλη

	singular
nominative	πασπάλη (paspáli)
genitive	πασπάλης (paspális)
accusative	πασπάλη (paspáli)
vocative	πασπάλη (paspáli)

Alternative forms

• πάσπαλη f (páspali)

Related terms

• see: πασπαλίζω (paspalízo, “to sprinkle”)