κρηπιδαῖον
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
τό, A basement of a house, Lys.Fr.185 S.:—also κρηπῑδ-ειον, IG14.915 (Ostia).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κρηπῑδαῖον: τό, ἡ κρηπίς, τὰ θεμέλια οἰκίας, Λυσ. παρὰ Πολυδ. Ζʹ, 120· κρηπίδειον ἐν τῇ Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 5997.
Greek Monolingual
κρηπιδαῖον και επιγρ. κρηπίδειον, τὸ (Α)
η κρηπίδα, τα θεμέλια σπιτιού («τοῦ γείσου συντετελεσμένου καὶ τοῦ κρηπιδαίου», Λυσ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κρηπίς, -ῖδος (Ι) + κατάλ. -αῖον (πρβλ. καλαμαίον, λιμναίον)].
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κρηπῑδαῖον: τό основание дома Lys.