ὄροφος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an o-grade of ἐρέφω (eréphō, “to cover with a roof”) +‎ -ος (-os).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄροφος • (órophos) m (genitive ὀρόφου); second declension

  1. reed used for thatching houses

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄροφος; τοῦ ὀρόφου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὄροφος
ho órophos 		τὼ ὀρόφω
tṑ oróphō 		οἱ ὄροφοι
hoi órophoi
Genitive τοῦ ὀρόφου
toû oróphou 		τοῖν ὀρόφοιν
toîn oróphoin 		τῶν ὀρόφων
tôn oróphōn
Dative τῷ ὀρόφῳ
tôi oróphōi 		τοῖν ὀρόφοιν
toîn oróphoin 		τοῖς ὀρόφοις
toîs oróphois
Accusative τὸν ὄροφον
tòn órophon 		τὼ ὀρόφω
tṑ oróphō 		τοὺς ὀρόφους
toùs oróphous
Vocative ὄροφε
órophe 		ὀρόφω
oróphō 		ὄροφοι
órophoi
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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρέφω (> DER > ὄροφος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456

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