κρούπεζαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κρούπαλα (kroúpala), κρούπετα (kroúpeta)

Etymology

Traditionally explained as deriving from κρούω (kroúō, “to stamp, strike”) and πεζός (pezós, “on foot, walking”). However, the variant forms may also point to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krǔː.pez.dai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.pe.zɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.pe.zɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.pe.ze/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkru.pe.ze/

Noun

κρούπεζαι • (kroúpezai) f pl (genitive κρουπεζῶν); first declension

high wooden shoes, used in Boeotia for treading olives

Declension

First declension of αἱ κρούπεζαι; τῶν κρουπεζῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ κρούπεζαι hai kroúpezai
Genitive	τῶν κρουπεζῶν tôn kroupezôn
Dative	ταῖς κρουπέζαις taîs kroupézais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς κρουπέζᾱς tā̀s kroupézās
Vocative	κρούπεζαι kroúpezai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κρουπέζιον (kroupézion)
κρουπεζόομαι (kroupezóomai)
κρουπεζοφόρος (kroupezophóros)

References

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