στρόφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the o-grade of στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist, turn”) +‎ -ος (-os).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στρόφος • (stróphos) m (genitive στρόφου); second declension

  1. a twisted band or cord
  2. a swathing cloth, swaddling band
  3. a twisting of the bowels, colic

Declension

Second declension of ὁ στρόφος; τοῦ στρόφου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ στρόφος
ho stróphos 		τὼ στρόφω
tṑ stróphō 		οἱ στρόφοι
hoi stróphoi
Genitive τοῦ στρόφου
toû stróphou 		τοῖν στρόφοιν
toîn stróphoin 		τῶν στρόφων
tôn stróphōn
Dative τῷ στρόφῳ
tōî stróphōi 		τοῖν στρόφοιν
toîn stróphoin 		τοῖς στρόφοις
toîs stróphois
Accusative τὸν στρόφον
tòn stróphon 		τὼ στρόφω
tṑ stróphō 		τοὺς στρόφους
toùs stróphous
Vocative στρόφε
stróphe 		στρόφω
stróphō 		στρόφοι
stróphoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: stroppus (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Translingual: Strophanthus, Rhodostrophia

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στρέφω, -ομαι (> DER > With o-grade: στρόφος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1413-4

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