τρόπαιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “rout, turning of an enemy”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τρόπαιον • (trópaion) n (genitive τροπαίου); second declension

  1. trophy, a monument to an enemy's defeat

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρόπαιον; τοῦ τροπαίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ τρόπαιον
tò trópaion 		τὼ τροπαίω
tṑ tropaíō 		τᾰ̀ τρόπαιᾰ
tằ trópaiă
Genitive τοῦ τροπαίου
toû tropaíou 		τοῖν τροπαίοιν
toîn tropaíoin 		τῶν τροπαίων
tôn tropaíōn
Dative τῷ τροπαίῳ
tōî tropaíōi 		τοῖν τροπαίοιν
toîn tropaíoin 		τοῖς τροπαίοις
toîs tropaíois
Accusative τὸ τρόπαιον
tò trópaion 		τὼ τροπαίω
tṑ tropaíō 		τᾰ̀ τρόπαιᾰ
tằ trópaiă
Vocative τρόπαιον
trópaion 		τροπαίω
tropaíō 		τρόπαιᾰ
trópaiă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: tropaeum (see there for further descendants)
  • → Phoenician: 𐤕𐤓𐤐𐤉 (trpy)

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