τάφρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰembʰ-; compare Old Armenian դամբան (damban, “tomb”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τάφρος • (táphros) f (genitive τάφρου); second declension

  1. ditch, trench, moat
    Synonyms: κᾰ́πετος (kắpetos), ὄρῠγμᾰ (órŭgmă)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ τᾰ́φρος; τῆς τᾰ́φρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τᾰ́φρος
hē tắphros 		τὼ τᾰ́φρω
tṑ tắphrō 		αἱ τᾰ́φροι
hai tắphroi
Genitive τῆς τᾰ́φρου
tês tắphrou 		τοῖν τᾰ́φροιν
toîn tắphroin 		τῶν τᾰ́φρων
tôn tắphrōn
Dative τῇ τᾰ́φρῳ
tēî tắphrōi 		τοῖν τᾰ́φροιν
toîn tắphroin 		ταῖς τᾰ́φροις
taîs tắphrois
Accusative τὴν τᾰ́φρον
tḕn tắphron 		τὼ τᾰ́φρω
tṑ tắphrō 		τᾱ̀ς τᾰ́φρους
tā̀s tắphrous
Vocative τᾰ́φρε
tắphre 		τᾰ́φρω
tắphrō 		τᾰ́φροι
tắphroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

  • “τάφρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τάφρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “τάφρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάφρος (táphros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.fros/
  • Hyphenation: τά‧φρος

Noun

τάφρος • (táfros) f (plural τάφροι)

  1. moat, fosse
  2. large ditch, large trench
  3. marine trench
    η τάφρος των Μαριανών ― i táfros ton Marianón ― Mariana Trench

Declension

Declension of τάφρος
singular plural
nominative τάφρος (táfros) τάφροι (táfroi)
genitive τάφρου (táfrou) τάφρων (táfron)
accusative τάφρο (táfro) τάφρους (táfrous)
vocative τάφρε (táfre)
τάφρο (táfro) 		τάφροι (táfroi)

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