κρηπῑδ-ωμα

κρηπῑδ-ωμα, ατος, τό,

A foundation, Inscr.Magn.293, JHS5.127 ([place name] Termessus), D.S. 13.82, Aq.Ez.43.14.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `man's high boot, half-boot' (X., Theoc., Plu., Poll.), also. `groundwork, foundation, quay' (IA, Pi.).

Compounds: some compp., e.g. ὀπισθο-κρηπίς name of a shoe (Att. inscr., Poll., H.). -

Derivatives: κρηπίδια pl. `bordering stones' (Didyma II<sup>a</sup>), κρηπιδαῖον (Lys.), - εῖον (Ostia) `fundament of a house', κρηπιδ-ιαῖος `of the fundament' (Att. inscr.; on the formation Chantraine Formation 49). Denomin. κρηπιδόω `give a basis, found, support' (D. C., Plu.) with - ωμα `fundament' (inscr., D. S., Aq.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: As κνημίς, χειρίς from a nominal basis; or the word just took their ending. The technical meaning suggests a loan (Chantraine Formation 347, Schwyzer 465); the connection with words for `shoe', e.g. Lith. kùrpe (Bezzenberger 17, 214, Zupitza Die german. Gutt. 125; s. καρβάτινος), is rejected by Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. v. prob. rightly. Not with Haupt Actes du 16<sup>e</sup> congres des orientalistes (1912) from Babyl. kipir, kipru `quay, asphalt-covering'. Lat. LW [loanword] crēpīda `half-boot', crēpīdō `stone basis etc.'; cf. W.-Hofmann s. v. - The suffix occurs in Pre-Greek.

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