κρηπίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from a nominal base form, like κνημίς (knēmís) and χειρίς (kheirís), or perhaps this word just took over their ending. The technical meaning suggests a loan. The connection with words for shoe, like Lithuanian kurpe (“shoes”) is formally impeccable, but is rejected by Fraenkel. According to Beekes, the suffix -ῖδ- suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krɛː.pís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kre̝ˈpis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kriˈpis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kriˈpis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kriˈpis/

Noun

κρηπῐ́ς • (krēpís) f (genitive κρηπῖδος); third declension

man's high boot, half-boot
Synonym: ἁρπίς (harpís)
soldier's boot
shoe-shaped cake
(figuratively) groundwork, foundation, basement of a building
walled edge of a river or canal, quay
abutment of a bridge
tiers of seats in a theatre
oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κρηπῐ́ς; τῆς κρηπῖδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρηπῐ́ς hē krēpís	τὼ κρηπῖδε tṑ krēpîde	αἱ κρηπῖδες hai krēpîdes
Genitive	τῆς κρηπῖδος tês krēpîdos	τοῖν κρηπῑ́δοιν toîn krēpī́doin	τῶν κρηπῑ́δων tôn krēpī́dōn
Dative	τῇ κρηπῖδῐ têi krēpîdi	τοῖν κρηπῑ́δοιν toîn krēpī́doin	ταῖς κρηπῖσῐ / κρηπῖσῐν taîs krēpîsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κρηπῖδᾰ tḕn krēpîda	τὼ κρηπῖδε tṑ krēpîde	τᾱ̀ς κρηπῖδᾰς tā̀s krēpîdas
Vocative	κρηπῐ́ς krēpís	κρηπῖδε krēpîde	κρηπῖδες krēpîdes
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.

Derived terms

κρηπῑδαῖον (krēpīdaîon)
κρηπῑδοποιός (krēpīdopoiós)
κρηπῑδουργός (krēpīdourgós)
κρηπῑδόω (krēpīdóō)
κρηπῑ́δωμᾰ (krēpī́dōma)
κρηπῑδῐαῖος (krēpīdiaîos)
κρηπῑ́δῐον (krēpī́dion)
ὀπῐσθοκρηπῐ́ς (opisthokrēpís)

Descendants

→ English: crepis
→ Latin: crepida
→ Translingual: Crepis