κάλπις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Without a certain explanation. Often connected with Breton kelorn (“bucket”) but this does not explain the -α-. Furnée connects it with Ancient Greek κελέβη (kelébē), for which there seems no reason. Possibly from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kál.pis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.pis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.pis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.pis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.pis/

Noun

κάλπῐς • (kálpis) f (genitive κάλπῐδος); third declension

A pitcher
A kind of cup
A box for unguent
An urn for drawing lots
A cinerary urn

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰ́λπῐς; τῆς κᾰ́λπῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́λπῐς hē kálpis	τὼ κᾰ́λπῐδε tṑ kálpide	αἱ κᾰ́λπῐδες hai kálpides
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́λπῐδος tês kálpidos	τοῖν κᾰλπῐ́δοιν toîn kalpídoin	τῶν κᾰλπῐ́δων tôn kalpídōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́λπῐδῐ têi kálpidi	τοῖν κᾰλπῐ́δοιν toîn kalpídoin	ταῖς κᾰ́λπῐσῐ / κᾰ́λπῐσῐν taîs kálpisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́λπῐδᾰ tḕn kálpida	τὼ κᾰ́λπῐδε tṑ kálpide	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́λπῐδᾰς tā̀s kálpidas
Vocative	κᾰ́λπῐς kálpis	κᾰ́λπῐδε kálpide	κᾰ́λπῐδες kálpides
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

κάλπη (kálpē)
κάλπιον (kálpion)
καλποφόρος (kalpophóros)

References

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

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