πασπάλη

See also: πάσπαλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation and origin are unknown. It seems obvious to connect παιπάλη (paipálē, “finest flour”), but the relation is unclear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pas.pá.lɛː/ → /pasˈpa.li/ → /pasˈpa.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pas.pá.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pasˈpa.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pasˈpa.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pasˈpa.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pasˈpa.li/

Noun

πᾰσπᾰ́λη • (paspálē) f (genitive πᾰσπᾰ́λης); first declension

1. finest flour or meal

   Synonym: παιπάλη (paipálē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰσπᾰ́λη; τῆς πᾰσπᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰσπᾰ́λη hē paspálē	τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ paspálā	αἱ πᾰσπᾰ́λαι hai paspálai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰσπᾰ́λης tês paspálēs	τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λαιν toîn paspálain	τῶν πᾰσπᾰλῶν tôn paspalôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰσπᾰ́λῃ têi paspálēi	τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λαιν toîn paspálain	ταῖς πᾰσπᾰ́λαις taîs paspálais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰσπᾰ́λην tḕn paspálēn	τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ paspálā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s paspálās
Vocative	πᾰσπᾰ́λη paspálē	πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ paspálā	πᾰσπᾰ́λαι paspálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰσπᾰλέτης (paspalétēs)
• πᾰσπᾰληφᾰ́γος (paspalēphágos)
• πᾰ́σπᾰλος (páspalos)

 

Descendants

• Greek: πασπάλη (paspáli)

Further reading

• “πασπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πασπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πασπάλη 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

Greek

Alternative forms

• πάσπαλη f (páspali)

Noun

πασπάλη • (paspáli) f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) flour, powder

Declension

  πασπάλη

case     \     number	singular
nominative	πασπάλη •
genitive	πασπάλης •
accusative	πασπάλη •
vocative	πασπάλη •

Related terms

• see: πασπαλίζω (paspalízo, “to sprinkle”)