ἔπιπλα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">implements, utensils, furniture, movable property</b> (ἡ <b class="b3">κούφη κτῆσις, τὰ ἐπιπολῆς ὄντα τῶν κτημάτων</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.10.10</span>; <b class="b3">σκεύη τὰ</b> <b class="b3">μὴ ἔγγεια ἀλλ' ἐπιπόλαια</b>, Hsch.); opp.fixtures, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.150</span>,<span class="bibl">164</span>,<span class="bibl">7.119</span>, al., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>8</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.68</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.8.35</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>9.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1267b12</span>, etc.; [[fittings]] of a ship, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>242</span> (iii B.C.): rarely sg., ἔπιπλον Is. (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span> 28</span>)ap.<span class="bibl">Poll.10.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Asp.<span class="title">in EN</span>96.30</span>. (The form <b class="b3">ἐπίπλοα</b> occurs in Mss. of <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.94</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.10.10</span>), and late Pap., as <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>483.6</span> (ii A.D.), but <b class="b3">ἔπιπλα</b> <span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>1.12.18</span> (ii B.C.), etc.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n. pl.<br />Meaning: [[movable goods]], [[utensils]] (Ion.-Att.).<br />Other forms: (rarely <b class="b3">-ον</b>)<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [639] <b class="b2">*kʷel-</b> [[turn around]]<br />Etymology: Old expression, prob. as <b class="b3">ἔπι-πλ-α</b> from <b class="b3">ἐπι-πέλομαι</b> <b class="b2">to come on the surface(?)</b> (move on top?), so "what has come at it(?)" opposed to fixed possessions; for the formation cf. <b class="b3">δί-φρ-ος</b> and Schwyzer 449. Because the word was untransparent reshapeings, as <b class="b3">ἐπίπλοα</b> (Hdt. 1, 94, pap.; after <b class="b3">ἐπιπλεῖν</b>, cf. on [[ἐπίπλοον]]), <b class="b3">ἐπίπολα</b> (Dodona; after <b class="b3">ἐπιπολή</b>, s. v.).