ὀροφή
See also: οροφή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐρέφω (eréphō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.ro.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.roˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.roˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.roˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.roˈfi/
Noun
ὀροφή • (orophḗ) f (genitive ὀροφῆς); first declension
- ceiling
- roof
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ὀροφή; τῆς ὀροφῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὀροφή hē orophḗ | τὼ ὀροφᾱ́ tṑ orophā́ | αἱ ὀροφαί hai orophaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀροφῆς tês orophês | τοῖν ὀροφαῖν toîn orophaîn | τῶν ὀροφῶν tôn orophôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀροφῇ têi orophêi | τοῖν ὀροφαῖν toîn orophaîn | ταῖς ὀροφαῖς taîs orophaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὀροφήν tḕn orophḗn | τὼ ὀροφᾱ́ tṑ orophā́ | τᾱ̀ς ὀροφᾱ́ς tā̀s orophā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀροφή orophḗ | ὀροφᾱ́ orophā́ | ὀροφαί orophaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὑψόροφος (hupsórophos)
Descendants
- Greek: οροφή (orofí)
Further reading
- “ὀροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ceiling idem, page 120.
- rafter idem, page 668.
- roof idem, page 721.