στρόφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the o-grade of στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist, turn”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stró.pʰos/ → /ˈstro.ɸos/ → /ˈstro.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stró.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.fos/

Noun

στρόφος • (stróphos) m (genitive στρόφου); second declension

1. a twisted band or cord
2. a swathing cloth, swaddling band
3. a twisting of the bowels, colic

Declension

Second declension of ὁ στρόφος; τοῦ στρόφου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στρόφος ho stróphos	τὼ στρόφω tṑ stróphō	οἱ στρόφοι hoi stróphoi
Genitive	τοῦ στρόφου toû stróphou	τοῖν στρόφοιν toîn stróphoin	τῶν στρόφων tôn stróphōn
Dative	τῷ στρόφῳ tôi stróphōi	τοῖν στρόφοιν toîn stróphoin	τοῖς στρόφοις toîs stróphois
Accusative	τὸν στρόφον tòn stróphon	τὼ στρόφω tṑ stróphō	τοὺς στρόφους toùs stróphous
Vocative	στρόφε stróphe	στρόφω stróphō	στρόφοι stróphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στρόφιον (stróphion)
• Στρόφιος (Stróphios)

Descendants

• → Latin: stroppus (see there for further descendants)
• →⇒ Translingual: Strophanthus

Further reading

• “στρόφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• στρόφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• στρόφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “στρόφος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “στρόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press