τραπέζι

• (Katharevousa) τραπέζιον n (trapézion, “table”)

From Byzantine Greek τραπέζιν (trapézin), from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “small table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “a table”). This is conventionally taken to be from a (virtual?) τετράπεζα (tetrápeza, “four-footed”), from τετράς (tetrás, “four”) and πέζα (péza, “-footed, -legged”), from πούς (poús, “a foot”). Sihler (1995) instead relates the first element to τρεῖς (treîs, “three”), noting that early tables had three legs, not four. Confer English trapeze, trapezium, trapezophoron.

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈpezi/
• Hyphenation: τρα‧πέ‧ζι

τραπέζι • (trapézi) n (plural τραπέζια)

1. (furniture) table (item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs)

   Πήγε στην ΙΚΕΑ να αγοράσει ένα νέο τραπέζι. ― Píge stin IKEA na agorásei éna néo trapézi. ― He went to IKEA to buy a new table.

   Έχουμε ένα χαμηλό γυάλινο τραπέζι στο σαλόνι. ― Échoume éna chamiló gyálino trapézi sto salóni. ― We have a low glass table in the living room.

2. (figuratively) dinner, supper, meal (food prepared and eaten)

   Με κάλεσαν σε τραπέζι απόψε. ― Me kálesan se trapézi apópse. ― They invited me for a meal tonight.

• Αγία Τράπεζα f (Agía Trápeza, “altar”)
• τραπεζάκι n (trapezáki, “coffee table”)
• τραπεζαρία f (trapezaría, “dining room, dining table”)
• τραπεζομάντηλο n (trapezomántilo, “table cloth”)
• τραπέζωμα n (trapézoma, “wining and dining”)
• τραπεζώνω (trapezóno, “to dine, have diner”)

• and compare with: τράπεζα f (trápeza, “bank”)