στροβίλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρόβος (stróbos, “whirling around”) +‎ -ῑ́λη (-ī́lē, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stro.bǐː.lɛː/ → /stroˈβi.li/ → /stroˈvi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stro.bǐː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stroˈbi.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stroˈβi.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stroˈvi.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stroˈvi.li/

Noun

στροβῑ́λη • (strobī́lē) f (genitive στροβῑ́λης); first declension

1. Plug of lint twisted into an oval shape like a pinecone.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στροβῑ́λη; τῆς στροβῑ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στροβῑ́λη hē strobī́lē	τὼ στροβῑ́λᾱ tṑ strobī́lā	αἱ στροβῖλαι hai strobîlai
Genitive	τῆς στροβῑ́λης tês strobī́lēs	τοῖν στροβῑ́λαιν toîn strobī́lain	τῶν στροβῑλῶν tôn strobīlôn
Dative	τῇ στροβῑ́λῃ têi strobī́lēi	τοῖν στροβῑ́λαιν toîn strobī́lain	ταῖς στροβῑ́λαις taîs strobī́lais
Accusative	τὴν στροβῑ́λην tḕn strobī́lēn	τὼ στροβῑ́λᾱ tṑ strobī́lā	τᾱ̀ς στροβῑ́λᾱς tā̀s strobī́lās
Vocative	στροβῑ́λη strobī́lē	στροβῑ́λᾱ strobī́lā	στροβῖλαι strobîlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos)

 

Descendants

• → English: strobila

References

• “στροβίλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press