βρεφοτροφεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βρέφος (bréphos, “baby”) +‎ τροφεῖον (tropheîon, “small room, chamber”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βρεφοτροφεῖον • (brephotropheîon) n (genitive βρεφοτροφείου); second declension

  1. orphanage, in which children were fed

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον; τοῦ βρεφοτροφείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον
tò brephotropheîon 		τὼ βρεφοτροφείω
tṑ brephotropheíō 		τᾰ̀ βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ
tằ brephotropheîă
Genitive τοῦ βρεφοτροφείου
toû brephotropheíou 		τοῖν βρεφοτροφείοιν
toîn brephotropheíoin 		τῶν βρεφοτροφείων
tôn brephotropheíōn
Dative τῷ βρεφοτροφείῳ
tōî brephotropheíōi 		τοῖν βρεφοτροφείοιν
toîn brephotropheíoin 		τοῖς βρεφοτροφείοις
toîs brephotropheíois
Accusative τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον
tò brephotropheîon 		τὼ βρεφοτροφείω
tṑ brephotropheíō 		τᾰ̀ βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ
tằ brephotropheîă
Vocative βρεφοτροφεῖον
brephotropheîon 		βρεφοτροφείω
brephotropheíō 		βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ
brephotropheîă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Italian: brefotrofio
  • → Sicilian: brefutrofiu

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