Τροία
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Τρῴᾱ (Trṓiā), Τρωΐα (Trōḯa), Τροΐᾱ (Troḯā) — Doric, disyllabic or trisyllabic
- Τροίη (Troíē) — Epic, Ionic
Etymology
Of Anatolian origin. Compare Hittite 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 (Ta-ru-(ú-)i-ša, “Troy”), which must be read /Trūisa/, and also Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀫𐀊 (to-ro-ja, “Trojan woman”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trǒi̯.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtry.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtry.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtry.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtri.a/
Proper noun
Τροίᾱ • (Troíā) f (genitive Τροίας); first declension
Inflection
Synonyms
- Ῑ̓́λιον (Ī́lion)
Derived terms
- Τροίᾱθεν (Troíāthen), Τροίηθεν (Troíēthen), Τρωΐᾱθεν (Trōḯāthen)
- Τροίᾱνδε (Troíānde), Τροίηνδε (Troíēnde), Τρῴᾱνδε (Trṓiānde)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “Τροία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Τροία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Τροία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Τροία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1511
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Τροία • (Troía) f
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Τροία (Troía) |
| genitive | Τροίας (Troías) |
| accusative | Τροία (Troía) |
| vocative | Τροία (Troía) |
Further reading
Τροία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
