τράμπις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a loanword. Furnée thinks it is a variant of τράφηξ (tráphēx, “beam, pole”). In that case, this could be a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trám.pis/ → /ˈtram.pis/ → /ˈtram.bis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trám.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtram.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtram.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtram.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtram.bis/

Noun

τρᾰ́μπῐς • (trámpis) f (genitive τρᾰ́μπῐδος or τρᾰ́μπῐος); third declension

1. kind of foreign ship

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τρᾰ́μπῐς; τῆς τρᾰ́μπῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρᾰ́μπῐς hē trámpis	τὼ τρᾰ́μπῐδε tṑ trámpide	αἱ τρᾰ́μπῐδες hai trámpides
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰ́μπῐδος tês trámpidos	τοῖν τρᾰμπῐ́δοιν toîn trampídoin	τῶν τρᾰμπῐ́δων tôn trampídōn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰ́μπῐδῐ têi trámpidi	τοῖν τρᾰμπῐ́δοιν toîn trampídoin	ταῖς τρᾰ́μπῐσῐ / τρᾰ́μπῐσῐν taîs trámpisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰ́μπῐδᾰ tḕn trámpida	τὼ τρᾰ́μπῐδε tṑ trámpide	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰ́μπῐδᾰς tā̀s trámpidas
Vocative	τρᾰ́μπῐς trámpis	τρᾰ́μπῐδε trámpide	τρᾰ́μπῐδες trámpides
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 ἡ τρᾰ́μπῐς; τῆς τρᾰ́μπῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρᾰ́μπῐς hē trámpis	τὼ τρᾰ́μπῐε tṑ trámpie	αἱ τρᾰ́μπῐες hai trámpies
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰ́μπῐος tês trámpios	τοῖν τρᾰμπῐ́οιν toîn trampíoin	τῶν τρᾰμπῐ́ων tôn trampíōn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰ́μπῑ têi trámpī	τοῖν τρᾰμπῐ́οιν toîn trampíoin	ταῖς τρᾰ́μπῐσῐ / τρᾰ́μπῐσῐν taîs trámpisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰ́μπῐν tḕn trámpin	τὼ τρᾰ́μπῐε tṑ trámpie	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰ́μπῑς / τρᾰ́μπῐᾰς tā̀s trámpīs / trámpias
Vocative	τρᾰ́μπῐ trámpi	τρᾰ́μπῐε trámpie	τρᾰ́μπῐες trámpies
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τράμπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τράμπις 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