στρόφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρόφος (stróphos, “twisted band”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stró.pʰi.on/ → /ˈstro.ɸi.on/ → /ˈstro.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stró.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.fi.on/

Noun

στρόφῐον • (stróphĭon) n (genitive στροφῐ́ου); second declension

1. band worn by women around the breasts
2. headband worn by priests
3. boxing glove

   Synonym: ἱμάς (himás)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ στρόφῐον; τοῦ στροφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στρόφῐον tò stróphĭon	τὼ στροφῐ́ω tṑ strophĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ στρόφῐᾰ tằ stróphĭă
Genitive	τοῦ στροφῐ́ου toû strophĭ́ou	τοῖν στροφῐ́οιν toîn strophĭ́oin	τῶν στροφῐ́ων tôn strophĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ στροφῐ́ῳ tôi strophĭ́ōi	τοῖν στροφῐ́οιν toîn strophĭ́oin	τοῖς στροφῐ́οις toîs strophĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ στρόφῐον tò stróphĭon	τὼ στροφῐ́ω tṑ strophĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ στρόφῐᾰ tằ stróphĭă
Vocative	στρόφῐον stróphĭon	στροφῐ́ω strophĭ́ō	στρόφῐᾰ stróphĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στροφιοῦχος (strophioûkhos)
• ταγηνοστρόφιον (tagēnostróphion)

Descendants

• → Latin: strophium

Further reading

• “στρόφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στρόφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στρόφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette