φρούριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
φρουρός (phrourós, “watchman”) + -ιον (-ion)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰrǒː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰru.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸru.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfru.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfru.ri.on/
Noun
φρούρῐον • (phroúrion) n (genitive φρουρῐ́ου); second declension
- hill-fort, fortress, citadel
- prison
- garrison
Declension
Second declension of τὸ φρούρῐον; τοῦ φρουρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ φρούρῐον tò phroúrion | τὼ φρουρῐ́ω tṑ phrouríō | τᾰ̀ φρούρῐᾰ tà phroúria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φρουρῐ́ου toû phrouríou | τοῖν φρουρῐ́οιν toîn phrouríoin | τῶν φρουρῐ́ων tôn phrouríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φρουρῐ́ῳ tôi phrouríōi | τοῖν φρουρῐ́οιν toîn phrouríoin | τοῖς φρουρῐ́οις toîs phrouríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ φρούρῐον tò phroúrion | τὼ φρουρῐ́ω tṑ phrouríō | τᾰ̀ φρούρῐᾰ tà phroúria | ||||||||||
Vocative | φρούρῐον phroúrion | φρουρῐ́ω phrouríō | φρούρῐᾰ phroúria | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- φρούριον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φρούριον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers