τροφή
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρέφω (tréphō, “to maintain, support”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tro.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /troˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /troˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /troˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /troˈfi/
Noun
τροφή • (trophḗ) f (genitive τροφῆς); first declension
- nourishment, food
- that which provides or procures sustenance
- a meal
- nurture, rearing, upbringing
- a place in which animals are reared
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τροφή hē trophḗ |
τὼ τροφᾱ́ tṑ trophā́ |
αἱ τροφαί hai trophaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τροφῆς tês trophês |
τοῖν τροφαῖν toîn trophaîn |
τῶν τροφῶν tôn trophôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τροφῇ têi trophêi |
τοῖν τροφαῖν toîn trophaîn |
ταῖς τροφαῖς taîs trophaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τροφήν tḕn trophḗn |
τὼ τροφᾱ́ tṑ trophā́ |
τᾱ̀ς τροφᾱ́ς tā̀s trophā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τροφή trophḗ |
τροφᾱ́ trophā́ |
τροφαί trophaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Related terms
Related terms
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τροφαλίς, τροφή, τρόφις, etc.”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1511
Further reading
- “τροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G5160 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- aliment idem, page 22.
- board idem, page 86.
- bread idem, page 94.
- breed idem, page 97.
- breeding idem, page 97.
- bringing up idem, page 100.
- commissariat idem, page 148.
- diet idem, page 222.
- education idem, page 262.
- entertainment idem, page 277.
- fare idem, page 307.
- fodder idem, page 331.
- food idem, page 333.
- forage idem, page 334.
- keep idem, page 467.
- maintenance idem, page 508.
- meal idem, page 519.
- meat idem, page 521.
- nourishment idem, page 562.
- nurture idem, page 563.
- nutriment idem, page 563.
- pabulum idem, page 587.
- provender idem, page 654.
- provision idem, page 654.
- ration idem, page 673.
- rearing idem, page 676.
- refection idem, page 684.
- refreshment idem, page 685.
- subsistence idem, page 832.
- supplies idem, page 840.
- support idem, page 841.
- sustenance idem, page 846.
- viands idem, page 950.
- victuals idem, page 951.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
τροφή • (trofí) f (plural τροφές)
Declension
Declension of τροφή
Related terms
- τροφικός (trofikós)
- and see: τρέφω (tréfo, “I feed”)
Further reading
τροφή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
