κλάπαι
ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
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?
Frisk Etymology German
κλάπαι: {klápai}
Grammar: f. pl. (-οι m. pl.)
Meaning: Holzschuhe (D. C. 77, 4, Suid.); auch euphem. Stock als Strafmittel (Sch., Tz.).
Etymology : Ohne Etymologie; ob lautnachahmend, nach dem Geklapper?
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