ὀρτυγοτροφεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄρτῠξ (órtux, “quail”) +‎ τροφεῖον (tropheîon, “small room, chamber”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.ty.ɡo.tro.pʰêː.on/ → /or.ty.ɣo.troˈɸi.on/ → /or.ti.ɣo.troˈfi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.ty.ɡo.tro.pʰêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /or.ty.ɡo.troˈpʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.ty.ɣo.troˈɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.ty.ɣo.troˈfi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.ti.ɣo.troˈfi.on/

Noun

ὀρτῠγοτροφεῖον • (ortugotropheîon) n (genitive ὀρτῠγοτροφείου); second declension

1. quail-coop

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὀρτῠγοτροφεῖον; τοῦ ὀρτῠγοτροφείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀρτῠγοτροφεῖον tò ortugotropheîon	τὼ ὀρτῠγοτροφείω tṑ ortugotropheíō	τᾰ̀ ὀρτῠγοτροφεῖᾰ tà ortugotropheîa
Genitive	τοῦ ὀρτῠγοτροφείου toû ortugotropheíou	τοῖν ὀρτῠγοτροφείοιν toîn ortugotropheíoin	τῶν ὀρτῠγοτροφείων tôn ortugotropheíōn
Dative	τῷ ὀρτῠγοτροφείῳ tôi ortugotropheíōi	τοῖν ὀρτῠγοτροφείοιν toîn ortugotropheíoin	τοῖς ὀρτῠγοτροφείοις toîs ortugotropheíois
Accusative	τὸ ὀρτῠγοτροφεῖον tò ortugotropheîon	τὼ ὀρτῠγοτροφείω tṑ ortugotropheíō	τᾰ̀ ὀρτῠγοτροφεῖᾰ tà ortugotropheîa
Vocative	ὀρτῠγοτροφεῖον ortugotropheîon	ὀρτῠγοτροφείω ortugotropheíō	ὀρτῠγοτροφεῖᾰ ortugotropheîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀρτυγοτροφεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀρτυγοτροφεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette