-ώροφος

Greek edit

Etymology edit

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek -ώροφος (-ṓrophos).^[1] The noun ὄροφος (órophos) as second combining form, with vowel change according to Wackernagel's law "lengthening in composition" (here, from brachy, short omicron ⟨ο⟩ to macron, long omega ⟨ω⟩).^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɾo.fos/
Hyphenation: -ώ‧ρο‧φος

Suffix edit

-ώροφος • (-órofos) m

the noun όροφος (órofos) as second combining form of adjectives or nouns denoting the number of floors or their characteristics
‎τρι- (tri-, “tri-, three”) + ‎-ώροφος (-órofos) → ‎τριώροφος (triórofos, “three floor”)

‎ημι- (imi-, “semi-”) + ‎-ώροφος (-órofos) → ‎ημιώροφος (imiórofos, “mezzanine, entresol,”)

Declension edit

As a noun:

declension of -ώροφος

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	-ώροφος •	-ώροφοι •
genitive	-ώροφου •, -ωρόφου •	-ώροφων •, -ωρόφων •
accusative	-ώροφο •	-ώροφους •, -ωρόφους •
vocative	-ώροφε •	-ώροφοι •
Second forms are formal. The fist forms, less formal, colloquial.

As an adjective:

Declension of -ώροφος

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-ώροφος •	-ώροφη •	-ώροφο •	-ώροφοι •	-ώροφες •	-ώροφα •
genitive	-ώροφου •	-ώροφης •	-ώροφου •	-ώροφων •	-ώροφων •	-ώροφων •
accusative	-ώροφο •	-ώροφη •	-ώροφο •	-ώροφους •	-ώροφες •	-ώροφα •
vocative	-ώροφε •	-ώροφη •	-ώροφο •	-ώροφοι •	-ώροφες •	-ώροφα •

Derived terms edit

Greek terms suffixed with -ώροφος

References edit

^ -ώροφος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
^ Nagy, Gregory (2008) Greek, II§6
"when two vowels come together as the final and initial elements of two compound-formants, the resulting contraction will entail the elision of the first vowel (V1) and the lengthening of the second vowel (V2)"

[1] -ώροφος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

[2] Nagy, Gregory (2008) Greek, II§6
"when two vowels come together as the final and initial elements of two compound-formants, the resulting contraction will entail the elision of the first vowel (V1) and the lengthening of the second vowel (V2)"

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