-ώροφος

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek -ώροφος (-ṓrophos).^[1] The noun ὄροφος (órophos) as second combining form, with vowel change according to Wackernagel's law "lengthening in composition" (here, from brachy, short omicron ⟨ο⟩ to macron, long omega ⟨ω⟩).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɾo.fos/
Hyphenation: -ώ‧ρο‧φος

Suffix

-ώροφος • (-órofos) m

the noun όροφος (órofos) as second combining form of adjectives or nouns denoting the number of floors or their characteristics
‎τρι- (tri-, “tri-, three”) + ‎-ώροφος (-órofos) → ‎τριώροφος (triórofos, “three floor”)

‎ημι- (imi-, “semi-”) + ‎-ώροφος (-órofos) → ‎ημιώροφος (imiórofos, “mezzanine, entresol,”)

Declension

As a noun:

	singular	plural
nominative	-ώροφος (-órofos)	-ώροφοι (-órofoi)
genitive	-ώροφου (-órofou) -ωρόφου (-orófou)	-ώροφων (-órofon) -ωρόφων (-orófon)
accusative	-ώροφο (-órofo)	-ώροφους (-órofous) -ωρόφους (-orófous)
vocative	-ώροφε (-órofe)	-ώροφοι (-órofoi)

Second forms are formal. The fist forms, less formal, colloquial.

As an adjective:

Declension of -ώροφος
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-ώροφος (-órofos)	-ώροφη (-órofi)	-ώροφο (-órofo)	-ώροφοι (-órofoi)	-ώροφες (-órofes)	-ώροφα (-órofa)
genitive	-ώροφου (-órofou)	-ώροφης (-órofis)	-ώροφου (-órofou)	-ώροφων (-órofon)	-ώροφων (-órofon)	-ώροφων (-órofon)
accusative	-ώροφο (-órofo)	-ώροφη (-órofi)	-ώροφο (-órofo)	-ώροφους (-órofous)	-ώροφες (-órofes)	-ώροφα (-órofa)
vocative	-ώροφε (-órofe)	-ώροφη (-órofi)	-ώροφο (-órofo)	-ώροφοι (-órofoi)	-ώροφες (-órofes)	-ώροφα (-órofa)

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -ώροφος

References

^ -ώροφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
^ Nagy, Gregory (2008) Greek, II§6
"when two vowels come together as the final and initial elements of two compound-formants, the resulting contraction will entail the elision of the first vowel (V1) and the lengthening of the second vowel (V2)"

[1] -ώροφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[2] Nagy, Gregory (2008) Greek, II§6
"when two vowels come together as the final and initial elements of two compound-formants, the resulting contraction will entail the elision of the first vowel (V1) and the lengthening of the second vowel (V2)"

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