τρώγλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τρῶγλα (trôgla)

Etymology

From τρώγω (trṓgō, “I bite, I eat”) (through the concept of an animal chewing a hole).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trɔ̌ː.ɡlɛː/ → /ˈtro.ɣli/ → /ˈtro.ɣli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trɔ̌ː.ɡlɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.ɡle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.ɣli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.ɣli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.ɣli/

Noun

τρώγλη • (trṓglē) f (genitive τρώγλης); first declension

1. hole, hollow

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρώγλη; τῆς τρώγλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρώγλη hē trṓglē	τὼ τρώγλᾱ tṑ trṓglā	αἱ τρῶγλαι hai trôglai
Genitive	τῆς τρώγλης tês trṓglēs	τοῖν τρώγλαιν toîn trṓglain	τῶν τρωγλῶν tôn trōglôn
Dative	τῇ τρώγλῃ têi trṓglēi	τοῖν τρώγλαιν toîn trṓglain	ταῖς τρώγλαις taîs trṓglais
Accusative	τὴν τρώγλην tḕn trṓglēn	τὼ τρώγλᾱ tṑ trṓglā	τᾱ̀ς τρώγλᾱς tā̀s trṓglās
Vocative	τρώγλη trṓglē	τρώγλᾱ trṓglā	τρῶγλαι trôglai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρωγλοδῠ́της (trōglodútēs)

Further reading

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