ὄροφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.ro.pʰos/ → /ˈo.ro.ɸos/ → /ˈo.ro.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.ro.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ro.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ro.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ro.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ro.fos/

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀρόφινος (oróphinos)

 

Further reading

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