τράπεζα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τρᾰ́πεσδᾰ (trắpesdă) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥-ped-ih₂- (“having three feet”), from *tr̥- (“three”, combining form) + *pṓds (“foot”). The first element is conventionally linked to *kʷtur- (“four”, combining form) (which is explicitly favored by Beekes over the connection to "three"), but Sihler (1995, p. 411) points out that early tables had three legs, not four. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀟𐀼 (to-pe-za).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trá.pez.da/ → /ˈtra.pe.za/ → /ˈtra.pe.za/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trá.pez.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pe.za/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pe.za/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pe.za/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pe.za/

Noun

τρᾰ́πεζᾰ • (trắpeză) f (genitive τρᾰπέζης); first declension

1. a table

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρᾰ́πεζᾰ; τῆς τρᾰπέζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρᾰ́πεζᾰ hē trắpeză	τὼ τρᾰπέζᾱ tṑ trăpézā	αἱ τρᾰ́πεζαι hai trắpezai
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰπέζης tês trăpézēs	τοῖν τρᾰπέζαιν toîn trăpézain	τῶν τρᾰπεζῶν tôn trăpezôn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰπέζῃ têi trăpézēi	τοῖν τρᾰπέζαιν toîn trăpézain	ταῖς τρᾰπέζαις taîs trăpézais
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰ́πεζᾰν tḕn trắpezăn	τὼ τρᾰπέζᾱ tṑ trăpézā	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰπέζᾱς tā̀s trăpézās
Vocative	τρᾰ́πεζᾰ trắpeză	τρᾰπέζᾱ trăpézā	τρᾰ́πεζαι trắpezai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρᾰπεζεῖον (trăpezeîon)
• τρᾰπεζείτης (trăpezeítēs)
• τρᾰπεζεύς (trăpezeús)
• τρᾰπεζήεις (trăpezḗeis)
• τρᾰπεζήτᾱς (trăpezḗtās)
• τρᾰπεζῐ́ᾱ (trăpezĭ́ā)
• τρᾰπεζίᾱς (trăpezíās)
• τρᾰπέζῐον (trăpézĭon)
• τρᾰπεζῑτείᾱ (trăpezīteíā)
• τρᾰπεζῑτεύω (trăpezīteúō)
• τρᾰπεζῑ́της (trăpezī́tēs)
• τρᾰπεζῑτῐκός (trăpezītĭkós)
• τρᾰπεζοειδής (trăpezoeidḗs)
• τρᾰπεζοκόμος (trăpezokómos)
• τρᾰπεζόκορος (trăpezókoros)
• τρᾰπεζολοιχός (trăpezoloikhós)
• τρᾰπεζοπίναξ (trăpezopínax)
• τρᾰπεζοποιέω (trăpezopoiéō)
• τρᾰπεζοποιῐ́ᾱ (trăpezopoiĭ́ā)
• τρᾰπεζοποιός (trăpezopoiós)
• τρᾰπεζορήτωρ (trăpezorḗtōr)
• τρᾰπεζότης (trăpezótēs)
• Τρᾰπεζούντῐος (Trăpezoúntĭos)
• Τρᾰπεζοῦς (Trăpezoûs)
• τρᾰπεζοφόρος (trăpezophóros)
• τρᾰπεζόω (trăpezóō)
• τρᾰπεζώ (trăpezṓ)
• τρᾰπεζώδης (trăpezṓdēs)
• τρᾰπέζωμᾰ (trăpézōmă)
• τρᾰπεζωνῐ́ᾱ (trăpezōnĭ́ā)
• τρᾰπέζωσῐς (trăpézōsĭs)

Descendants

• Greek: τράπεζα (trápeza)
• → Coptic: ⲧⲣⲁⲡⲉⲍⲁ (trapeza)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: طربيزة (ṭarabēza, ṭarabīza)
• → Ge'ez: ጠረጴዛ (ṭäräp̣p̣eza)
  • → Amharic: ጠረጴዛ (ṭäräp̣p̣eza)
    • → Sidamo: xarapheezza
• → Old Armenian: տրապիզ (trapiz), տրապէզ (trapēz), դրաբէզ (drabēz)
• → Old Georgian: ტრაპეზი (ṭraṗezi), ტრაპესი (ṭraṗesi)
  • Georgian: ტრაპეზი (ṭraṗezi)
  • → Svan: ტრაპეზ (ṭraṗez), ტრაბეზ (ṭrabez)
• → Ottoman Turkish: طراپزه (tırapeza)
• → Russian: трапеза (trapeza)
• ⇒ Ancient Greek: τραπέζιον (trapézion)
  • → Latin: trapezium
    • → English: trapezium
    • → Russian: трапеция (trapecija)

Further reading

• “τράπεζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τράπεζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τράπεζα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τράπεζα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τράπεζα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τράπεζα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5132 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bank idem, page 61.
  • board idem, page 86.
  • counter idem, page 177.
  • meal idem, page 519.
  • table idem, page 851.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τράπεζα (trápeza).

Noun

τράπεζα • (trápeza) f (plural τράπεζες)

1. (finance) bank
2. ceremonial table

Declension

Declension of τράπεζα

	singular	plural
nominative	τράπεζα (trápeza)	τράπεζες (trápezes)
genitive	τράπεζας (trápezas)	τραπεζών (trapezón)
accusative	τράπεζα (trápeza)	τράπεζες (trápezes)
vocative	τράπεζα (trápeza)	τράπεζες (trápezes)

Related terms

• τραπεζίτης m (trapezítis, “banker”)
• τραπεζικός m (trapezikós, “bank clerk, teller”)
• τραπεζογραμμάτιο n (trapezogrammátio, “banknote”)
• τραπεζιτικός (trapezitikós, “banker's”, adjective)
• τραπεζικός (trapezikós, “bank”, adjective)
• τράπεζα αίματος f (trápeza aímatos, “blood bank”)

• and compare with: τραπέζι n (trapézi, “table”)

Further reading

• τράπεζα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el