στροφή

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /stropʰɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /stropʰéː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /stroɸí/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /strofí/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /stɾofí/

Noun

στροφή (genitive στροφῆς) f, first declension; (strophē)

1. turning
2. revolving
3. twisting

Descendants

• English: boustrophedon, geostrophic, strophe

Inflection

First declension of στροφή, στροφῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στροφή	τὼ στροφά	αἱ στροφαί
Genitive	τῆς στροφῆς	τοῖν στροφαῖν	τῶν στροφῶν
Dative	τῇ στροφῇ	τοῖν στροφαῖν	ταῖς στροφαῖς
Accusative	τὴν στροφήν	τὼ στροφά	τὰς στροφάς
Vocative	στροφή	στροφά	στροφαί

References

• Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

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Greek

Noun

στροφή (strofí) f

1. turning, turn (change of direction or orientation)
2. revolving
3. twisting
4. verse (one of several similar units of a song), stanza