- ἀτραπός
- ἀτραπόςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `(foot)path' (Hdt.).Other forms: ἀταρπός (Il.). ἀταρπιτός (Il.), ἀτραπιτός (Od.) after ἁμαξιτός (s. v.; and Kretschmer KZ 38, 129). ἀτραπητός AB 460.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Generally taken as α copulativum and the verbal stem τραπ- seen in τραπέω `tread (grapes)' (s. v.), with o-grade in τροπέοντο ἐπάτουν H. Possible, though the formation is strange. Rather a substr. word given the meaning, and the change αρ\/ρα: with IE words one of the variants is analogical, which seems impossible here. Russ. tropá id. (Fraenkel Gedenkschr. Kretschmer 1, 104) could point to a European substr. word (cf. Beekes 125 J. Idg.)Page in Frisk: 1,180-181
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.