φρουρά
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From προ- (pro-, “forwards”) + ὁράω (horáō, “to see”) + -ᾱ (-ā, action noun suffix); compare φρουρός (phrourós).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰruː.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰruˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸruˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fruˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fruˈra/
Noun edit
φρουρᾱ́ • (phrourā́) f (genitive φρουρᾶς); first declension (Attic)
- (uncountable) the duty of watching, guarding; lookout
- (countable) a body of persons whose duty is to guard: garrison, outpost
- (countable) an instance of being stationed at an outpost
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φρουρᾱ́ hē phrourā́ |
τὼ φρουρᾱ́ tṑ phrourā́ |
αἱ φρουραί hai phrouraí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φρουρᾶς tês phrourâs |
τοῖν φρουραῖν toîn phrouraîn |
τῶν φρουρῶν tôn phrourôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φρουρᾷ têi phrourâi |
τοῖν φρουραῖν toîn phrouraîn |
ταῖς φρουραῖς taîs phrouraîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φρουρᾱ́ν tḕn phrourā́n |
τὼ φρουρᾱ́ tṑ phrourā́ |
τᾱ̀ς φρουρᾱ́ς tā̀s phrourā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | φρουρᾱ́ phrourā́ |
φρουρᾱ́ phrourā́ |
φρουραί phrouraí | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Greek: φρουρά (frourá)
References edit
- “φρουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ancient Greek φρουρᾱ (phrourā).
Noun edit
φρουρά • (frourá) f (plural φρουρές)
Declension edit
declension of φρουρά
Related terms edit
- φρούραρχος m (froúrarchos, “garrison commander”)
- φρούριο n (froúrio, “fortress”)
- φρουρός m (frourós, “sentry, guardian”)
- φρουρώ (frouró, “to guard”)
- παλιά φρουρά (paliá frourá, “old guard”)
Further reading edit
- φρουρά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el