δέπας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, it is a Pre-Greek word, like many other words for vessels. This word is generally connected to Luwian [script needed] (tipas, “sky, heaven”). Another theory derives the noun from Proto-Albanian *deupa (“cradle, deposit”), comparing it to Albanian djep.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dé.pas/ → /ˈðe.pas/ → /ˈðe.pas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dé.pas/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde.pas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.pas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.pas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.pas/

Noun

δέπᾰς • (dépăs) n (genitive δέπᾰος); third declension

1. beaker, goblet

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δέπᾰς; τοῦ δέπᾰος (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέπᾰς tò dépăs	τὼ δέπᾰε tṑ dépăe	τᾰ̀ δέπᾰ / δέπᾰτᾰ tằ dépă / dépătă
Genitive	τοῦ δέπᾰος toû dépăos	τοῖν δεπᾰ́οιν toîn depắoin	τῶν δεπᾰ́ων tôn depắōn
Dative	τῷ δέπαι / δέπᾳ tôi dépai / dépāi	τοῖν δεπᾰ́οιν toîn depắoin	τοῖς δεπάεσσῐ / δεπάεσσῐν / δέπᾱσσῐ / δέπᾱσσῐν toîs depáessĭ(n) / dépāssĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δέπᾰς tò dépăs	τὼ δέπᾰε tṑ dépăe	τᾰ̀ δέπᾰ / δέπᾰτᾰ tằ dépă / dépătă
Vocative	δέπᾰς dépăs	δέπᾰε dépăe	δέπᾰ / δέπᾰτᾰ dépă / dépătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of δέπᾰς; δέπᾰος (uncontracted, Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δέπᾰς dépăs	δέπᾰε dépăe	δέπᾱ dépā
Genitive	δέπᾰος dépăos	δεπᾰ́οιν depắoin	δεπᾰ́ων depắōn
Dative	δέπᾰϊ̆ / δέπαι / δέπᾳ dépăï̆ / dépai / dépāi	δεπᾰ́οιν depắoin	δεπάεσσῐ / δεπάεσσῐν / δέπᾱσσῐ / δέπᾱσσῐν depáessĭ(n) / dépāssĭ(n)
Accusative	δέπᾰς dépăs	δέπᾰε dépăe	δέπᾱ dépā
Vocative	δέπᾰς dépăs	δέπᾰε dépăe	δέπᾱ dépā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• δεπᾰ́ζω (depắzō)
• δεπᾰστραῖος (depăstraîos)
• δέπᾰστρον (dépăstron)
• φῐλοδεπᾰστής (phĭlodepăstḗs)

 

Further reading

• “δέπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δέπας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δέπας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέπας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δέπας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cup idem, page 189.
  • goblet idem, page 365.
• 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