- δέπας
- δέπας, -αοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `goblet' (Il.; on the meaning s. Brommer, Herm. 77, 357f., 364f.).Dialectal forms: Myc.di-pa \/dipas\/, du. di-pa-e \/dipa(h)e\/.Derivatives: Poetical lengthening δέπαστρον `id.' (Antim.) with δεπαστραῖος (Lyc.), s. Chantr. Form. 333f., Schwyzer 532.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Like many other words for cups etc. Pre-Greek. ε\/ι is frequent, Fur. 353ff; Hester, Minos 6 (1958) 24-36. On -θρον\/-στρον see Fur. 302 n. 37 and 303 n. 39. - Perhaps the same word as Luwian tepas.Page in Frisk: 1,367
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.