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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στρέφω (stréphō, “twist”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stro.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /stroˈɸi/ → /stroˈfi/
Noun
στροφή • (strophḗ) f (genitive στροφῆς); first declension
- turning, a turn
- revolving
- twisting
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “στροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- artifice idem, page 42.
- cheat idem, page 127.
- circle idem, page 132.
- course idem, page 178.
- deceit idem, page 200.
- dodge idem, page 246.
- evasion idem, page 284.
- gyration idem, page 380.
- orbit idem, page 578.
- path idem, page 598.
- revolution idem, page 711.
- rotation idem, page 722.
- sleight idem, page 783.
- subterfuge idem, page 833.
- trick idem, page 894.
- turn idem, page 901.
- turning idem, page 902.
- twirl idem, page 904.
- twist idem, page 904.
- whirl idem, page 976.
- wile idem, page 979.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ).
Noun
στροφή • (strofí) f (plural στροφές)
- bend, turning, turn (change of direction)
στη στροφή του δρόμου- sti strofí tou drómou
- at the bend in the road
- turning, turn, revolving, twisting (rotation)
η μπαλαρίνα έκανε δυο στροφές- i balarína ékane dyo strofés
- the ballerina made two turns
- (music) verse, stanza
- (nautical) tack
Declension
Declension of στροφή
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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στροφή (strofí)
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στροφές (strofés)
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| genitive
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στροφής (strofís)
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στροφών (strofón)
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| accusative
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στροφή (strofí)
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στροφές (strofés)
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| vocative
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στροφή (strofí)
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στροφές (strofés)
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- αναστρέφω (anastréfo, “to turn over, to invert; to tack”)
Further reading