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 • (trắmpĭs) 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 trắmpĭs	τὼ τρᾰ́μπῐδε tṑ trắmpĭde	αἱ τρᾰ́μπῐδες hai trắmpĭdes
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰ́μπῐδος tês trắmpĭdos	τοῖν τρᾰμπῐ́δοιν toîn trămpĭ́doin	τῶν τρᾰμπῐ́δων tôn trămpĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰ́μπῐδῐ têi trắmpĭdĭ	τοῖν τρᾰμπῐ́δοιν toîn trămpĭ́doin	ταῖς τρᾰ́μπῐσῐ / τρᾰ́μπῐσῐν taîs trắmpĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰ́μπῐδᾰ tḕn trắmpĭdă	τὼ τρᾰ́μπῐδε tṑ trắmpĭde	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰ́μπῐδᾰς tā̀s trắmpĭdăs
Vocative	τρᾰ́μπῐς trắmpĭs	τρᾰ́μπῐδε trắmpĭde	τρᾰ́μπῐδες trắmpĭdes
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 trắmpĭs	τὼ τρᾰ́μπῐε tṑ trắmpĭe	αἱ τρᾰ́μπῐες hai trắmpĭes
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰ́μπῐος tês trắmpĭos	τοῖν τρᾰμπῐ́οιν toîn trămpĭ́oin	τῶν τρᾰμπῐ́ων tôn trămpĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰ́μπῑ têi trắmpī	τοῖν τρᾰμπῐ́οιν toîn trămpĭ́oin	ταῖς τρᾰ́μπῐσῐ / τρᾰ́μπῐσῐν taîs trắmpĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰ́μπῐν tḕn trắmpĭn	τὼ τρᾰ́μπῐε tṑ trắmpĭe	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰ́μπῑς / τρᾰ́μπῐᾰς tā̀s trắmpīs / trắmpĭăs
Vocative	τρᾰ́μπῐ trắmpĭ	τρᾰ́μπῐε trắmpĭe	τρᾰ́μπῐες trắmpĭes
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