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δάπεδον

dapedon · τό

level surface

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Where it lives

  • On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
  • Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
  • Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
  • Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
  • Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
  • Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
  • Odyssey 9 · 1.04/10k
  • Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
  • Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
  • Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

level surface, floor of a chamber, ground, soil, ground, decks, plain

level surface, ἐν τυκτῷ δαπέδῳ Od. 4.627; floor of a chamber, 10.227, al., X. Cyr. 8.8.16, IG 4.952.44 (Epid.); ground, soil, γῆς ἀρότροις ῥήξας δ. Ar. Pl. 515; πόλιος δ. Hdt. 4.200; Συρίης δ. AP 12.131 (Posidipp.): abs., ground, κείμενον ἐν δαπέδῳ Od. 11.577: in pl., a shipʼs decks (fore and aft), h.Ap. 416; but, plain, Pi. N. 7.34, E. Hipp. 230 (anap.); Βοιωτῶν δ. AP 7.245 (Gaet.).—Mostly poet.; in later Prose, Luc. Sacr. 8 alludes to Il. 4.2. (From *dṃ-pedo- [dem-, dom-, dṃ-, = house; expld.

In the wild

6 of 27 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δάπεδον (scan pp. 349-350; entry #1563).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δάπεδον (scan p. 266; entry #1816).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δάπεδον (scan pp. 379-380; entry #1422).

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