στρόφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρόφος (stróphos, “twisted band”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stró.pʰi.on/ → /ˈstro.ɸi.on/ → /ˈstro.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stró.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.fi.on/

Noun

στρόφῐον • (stróphion) n (genitive στροφῐ́ου); second declension

1. band worn by women around the breasts
2. headband worn by priests
3. boxing glove

   Synonym: ἱμάς (himás)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ στρόφῐον; τοῦ στροφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στρόφῐον tò stróphion	τὼ στροφῐ́ω tṑ strophíō	τᾰ̀ στρόφῐᾰ tà stróphia
Genitive	τοῦ στροφῐ́ου toû strophíou	τοῖν στροφῐ́οιν toîn strophíoin	τῶν στροφῐ́ων tôn strophíōn
Dative	τῷ στροφῐ́ῳ tôi strophíōi	τοῖν στροφῐ́οιν toîn strophíoin	τοῖς στροφῐ́οις toîs strophíois
Accusative	τὸ στρόφῐον tò stróphion	τὼ στροφῐ́ω tṑ strophíō	τᾰ̀ στρόφῐᾰ tà stróphia
Vocative	στρόφῐον stróphion	στροφῐ́ω strophíō	στρόφῐᾰ stróphia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στροφιοῦχος (strophioûkhos)
• ταγηνοστρόφιον (tagēnostróphion)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: strophium

Further reading

• “στρόφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στρόφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στρόφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette