ἱστοπέδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱστός (histós, “mast”) +‎ πέδη (pédē, “fetter, shackle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /his.to.pé.dɛː/ → /is.toˈpe.ði/ → /is.toˈpe.ði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /his.to.pé.dɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)is.toˈpe.de̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.toˈpe.ði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.toˈpe.ði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.toˈpe.ði/

Noun

ἱστοπέδη • (histopédē) f (genitive ἱστοπέδης); first declension

1. piece of wood set in the keel to which the mast was bound, or, a hole in the keel for stepping the mast

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἱστοπέδη; τῆς ἱστοπέδης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἱστοπέδη hē histopédē	τὼ ἱστοπέδᾱ tṑ histopédā	αἱ ἱστοπέδαι hai histopédai
Genitive	τῆς ἱστοπέδης tês histopédēs	τοῖν ἱστοπέδαιν toîn histopédain	τῶν ἱστοπεδῶν tôn histopedôn
Dative	τῇ ἱστοπέδῃ têi histopédēi	τοῖν ἱστοπέδαιν toîn histopédain	ταῖς ἱστοπέδαις taîs histopédais
Accusative	τὴν ἱστοπέδην tḕn histopédēn	τὼ ἱστοπέδᾱ tṑ histopédā	τᾱ̀ς ἱστοπέδᾱς tā̀s histopédās
Vocative	ἱστοπέδη histopédē	ἱστοπέδᾱ histopédā	ἱστοπέδαι histopédai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἱστοπέδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἱστοπέδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἱστοπέδη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette