τρώγλη
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- τρῶγλα (trôgla)
Etymology
editFrom τρώγω (trṓgō, “I bite, I eat”) (through the concept of an animal chewing a hole).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trɔ̌ː.ɡlɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtro.ɡle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtro.ɣli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtro.ɣli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtro.ɣli/
Noun
editτρώγλη • (trṓglē) f (genitive τρώγλης); first declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τρώγλη hē trṓglē |
τὼ τρώγλᾱ tṑ trṓglā |
αἱ τρῶγλαι hai trôglai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τρώγλης tês trṓglēs |
τοῖν τρώγλαιν toîn trṓglain |
τῶν τρωγλῶν tôn trōglôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τρώγλῃ têi trṓglēi |
τοῖν τρώγλαιν toîn trṓglain |
ταῖς τρώγλαις taîs trṓglais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τρώγλην tḕn trṓglēn |
τὼ τρώγλᾱ tṑ trṓglā |
τᾱ̀ς τρώγλᾱς tā̀s trṓglās | ||||||||||
Vocative | τρώγλη trṓglē |
τρώγλᾱ trṓglā |
τρῶγλαι trôglai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- τρωγλοδῠ́της (trōglodútēs)
Further reading
edit- “τρώγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρώγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τρώγλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette