τρασιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ταρσιή (tarsiḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

Uncertain. The term could be construed as the regular outcome of earlier *tr̥s-iā́, itself perhaps formed to the base *tr̥s-ós, perhaps whence also Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós). This etymology would, however, require the forms ταρσιή (tarsiḗ) and ταρσός (tarsós) to have their unexpected vocalism restored, perhaps after the verb τέρσομαι (térsomai). However, the linguist Lucien van Beek considers this etymology problematic, arguing that the verb was rare, unproductive, and synchronically distinct from the etymologically related terms. Van Beek suggests that τρασιά (trasiá) was originally an epic term with an unusual phonological development designed to conform to the practicalities of poetic meter.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tra.si.ǎː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tra.siˈa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tra.siˈa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tra.siˈa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tra.siˈa/

Noun

τρᾰσῐᾱ́ • (trăsĭā́) f (genitive τρᾰσῐᾶς); first declension

hurdle, crate, whereon to dry figs
dried figs themselves
drying place for corn or for cheese
kiln, drying place for bricks

Declension

First declension of ἡ τρᾰσῐᾱ́; τῆς τρᾰσῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρᾰσῐᾱ́ hē trăsĭā́	τὼ τρᾰσῐᾱ́ tṑ trăsĭā́	αἱ τρᾰσῐαί hai trăsĭaí
Genitive	τῆς τρᾰσῐᾶς tês trăsĭâs	τοῖν τρᾰσῐαῖν toîn trăsĭaîn	τῶν τρᾰσῐῶν tôn trăsĭôn
Dative	τῇ τρᾰσῐᾷ tēî trăsĭāî	τοῖν τρᾰσῐαῖν toîn trăsĭaîn	ταῖς τρᾰσῐαῖς taîs trăsĭaîs
Accusative	τὴν τρᾰσῐᾱ́ν tḕn trăsĭā́n	τὼ τρᾰσῐᾱ́ tṑ trăsĭā́	τᾱ̀ς τρᾰσῐᾱ́ς tā̀s trăsĭā́s
Vocative	τρᾰσῐᾱ́ trăsĭā́	τρᾰσῐᾱ́ trăsĭā́	τρᾰσῐαί trăsĭaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“τρασιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“τρασιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
τρασιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
van Beek, Lucien (2022), The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 22)‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 388-389
Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 701