COMPOUND: τράπεζα, –ης
CATEGORIZATION: N [Num+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘table, esp. dining-table, eating-table‘
ETYMOLOGY: τρα- (< *τϝρα < *kwtwṛ) ‘four’ + root noun πέδ- (πούς) ‘foot’ + noun suf. -jα, -jης
OCCURRENCE: Il. IX, 216; XI, 628, 636; XXIV, 476, 625; Od. I, 111, 138; IV, 54; V, 92; VII, 174; VIII, 69; IX, 8; X, 354, 370; XI, 419; XIV, 158; XV, 137, 333, 466; XVII, 93, 155, 333, 409, 447; XIX, 61; XX, 151, 259; XXI, 28, 35, 416; XXII, 19, 74, 84, 438, 452
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. f. sg., dat. sg., acc. sg., acc. pl., nom. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: τρα- is not a free word in Greek