βρεφοτροφεῖον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βρέφος (bréphos, “baby”) + τροφεῖον (tropheîon, “small room, chamber”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bre.pʰo.tro.pʰêː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /brɛ.pʰo.troˈpʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βre.ɸo.troˈɸi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vre.fo.troˈfi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vre.fo.troˈfi.on/
Noun
βρεφοτροφεῖον • (brephotropheîon) n (genitive βρεφοτροφείου); second declension
- orphanage, in which children were feeded
Declension
Second declension of τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον; τοῦ βρεφοτροφείου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον tò brephotropheîon | τὼ βρεφοτροφείω tṑ brephotropheíō | τᾰ̀ βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ tà brephotropheîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρεφοτροφείου toû brephotropheíou | τοῖν βρεφοτροφείοιν toîn brephotropheíoin | τῶν βρεφοτροφείων tôn brephotropheíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρεφοτροφείῳ tôi brephotropheíōi | τοῖν βρεφοτροφείοιν toîn brephotropheíoin | τοῖς βρεφοτροφείοις toîs brephotropheíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον tò brephotropheîon | τὼ βρεφοτροφείω tṑ brephotropheíō | τᾰ̀ βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ tà brephotropheîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρεφοτροφεῖον brephotropheîon | βρεφοτροφείω brephotropheíō | βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ brephotropheîa | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Italian: brefotrofio
References
- βρεφοτροφεῖον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)