κλάπαι

English (LSJ)

ῶν, αἱ,

   A wooden shoes, pattens, D.C.77.4, cf.Suid.s.v. κωλοβάθρου.    2 the stocks, Sch.Ar.Pl.276.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1446] αἱ, aus dem lat. clavae gebildet, = καλόβαθρον, Stelzen od. Holzschuhe, D. Cass. 77, 4, v. l. βλαῦται.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κλάπαι: -ῶν, αἱ, = Λατ. clavae, ξύλιναι ἐμβάδες, Δίων Κ. 77. 4.

Greek Monolingual

κλάπαι, αἱ (AM, Μ και κλάποι, οἱ)
βλ. κλάπα.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f. pl. (-οι m. pl.)
Meaning: wooden shoes (D. C. 77, 4, Suid.); also euphem. stick as means of punishment (sch., Tz.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: No etymology; or sound-symbolic, after the clattering?