πραπίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to σανίς (sanís), ἐλπίς (elpís) and φροντίς (phrontís). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”), the same root of Latin corpus (“body”), Proto-Germanic *hrefaz (“body; belly”) and Sanskrit कृप् (kṛp, “beauty”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pra.pís/ → /praˈpis/ → /praˈpis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pra.pís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /praˈpis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /praˈpis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /praˈpis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /praˈpis/

Noun

πρᾰπίς • (prăpís) f (genitive πρᾰπίδος); third declension

1. (in the plural) midriff, diaphragm
2. spirit, mind
3. heart, as the seat of emotions
4. prudence, wisdom

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πρᾰπῐ́ς; τῆς πρᾰπῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρᾰπῐ́ς hē prăpĭ́s	τὼ πρᾰπῐ́δε tṑ prăpĭ́de	αἱ πρᾰπῐ́δες hai prăpĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς πρᾰπῐ́δος tês prăpĭ́dos	τοῖν πρᾰπῐ́δοιν toîn prăpĭ́doin	τῶν πρᾰπῐ́δων tôn prăpĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ πρᾰπῐ́δῐ têi prăpĭ́dĭ	τοῖν πρᾰπῐ́δοιν toîn prăpĭ́doin	ταῖς πρᾰπῐ́σῐ / πρᾰπῐ́σῐν taîs prăpĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πρᾰπῐ́δᾰ tḕn prăpĭ́dă	τὼ πρᾰπῐ́δε tṑ prăpĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς πρᾰπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s prăpĭ́dăs
Vocative	πρᾰπῐ́ς prăpĭ́s	πρᾰπῐ́δε prăpĭ́de	πρᾰπῐ́δες prăpĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of πρᾰπῐ́ς; πρᾰπῐ́δος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πρᾰπῐ́ς prăpĭ́s	πρᾰπῐ́δε prăpĭ́de	πρᾰπῐ́δες prăpĭ́des
Genitive	πρᾰπῐ́δος prăpĭ́dos	πρᾰπῐ́δοιῐν prăpĭ́doiĭn	πρᾰπῐ́δων prăpĭ́dōn
Dative	πρᾰπῐ́δῐ prăpĭ́dĭ	πρᾰπῐ́δοιῐν prăpĭ́doiĭn	πρᾰπῐ́σῐ / πρᾰπῐ́σῐν / πρᾰπῐ́δεσσῐ / πρᾰπῐ́δεσσῐν / πρᾰπῐ́δεσῐ / πρᾰπῐ́δεσῐν prăpĭ́sĭ(n) / prăpĭ́dessĭ(n) / prăpĭ́desĭ(n)
Accusative	πρᾰπῐ́δᾰ prăpĭ́dă	πρᾰπῐ́δε prăpĭ́de	πρᾰπῐ́δᾰς prăpĭ́dăs
Vocative	πρᾰπῐ́ς prăpĭ́s	πρᾰπῐ́δε prăpĭ́de	πρᾰπῐ́δες prăpĭ́des
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• πραπίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πραπίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• 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