φρούριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φρουρός (phrourós, “watchman”) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰrǔː.ri.on/ → /ˈɸru.ri.on/ → /ˈfru.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰrǔː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰru.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸru.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfru.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfru.ri.on/

Noun

φρούρῐον • (phroúrion) n (genitive φρουρῐ́ου); second declension

1. hill-fort, fortress, citadel
2. prison
3. garrison

Declension

Second declension of τὸ φρούρῐον; τοῦ φρουρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρούρῐον tò phroúrion	τὼ φρουρῐ́ω tṑ phrouríō	τᾰ̀ φρούρῐᾰ tà phroúria
Genitive	τοῦ φρουρῐ́ου toû phrouríou	τοῖν φρουρῐ́οιν toîn phrouríoin	τῶν φρουρῐ́ων tôn phrouríōn
Dative	τῷ φρουρῐ́ῳ tôi phrouríōi	τοῖν φρουρῐ́οιν toîn phrouríoin	τοῖς φρουρῐ́οις toîs phrouríois
Accusative	τὸ φρούρῐον tò phroúrion	τὼ φρουρῐ́ω tṑ phrouríō	τᾰ̀ φρούρῐᾰ tà phroúria
Vocative	φρούρῐον phroúrion	φρουρῐ́ω phrouríō	φρούρῐᾰ phroúria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φρούριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φρούριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers