τρόπαιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “rout, turning of an enemy”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τρόπαιον • (trópaion) n (genitive τροπαίου); second declension

  1. trophy, a monument to an enemy's defeat

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ τρόπαιον; τοῦ τροπαίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ τρόπαιον
tò trópaion		 τὼ τροπαίω
tṑ tropaíō		 τᾰ̀ τρόπαιᾰ
tà trópaia
Genitive τοῦ τροπαίου
toû tropaíou		 τοῖν τροπαίοιν
toîn tropaíoin		 τῶν τροπαίων
tôn tropaíōn
Dative τῷ τροπαίῳ
tôi tropaíōi		 τοῖν τροπαίοιν
toîn tropaíoin		 τοῖς τροπαίοις
toîs tropaíois
Accusative τὸ τρόπαιον
tò trópaion		 τὼ τροπαίω
tṑ tropaíō		 τᾰ̀ τρόπαιᾰ
tà trópaia
Vocative τρόπαιον
trópaion		 τροπαίω
tropaíō		 τρόπαιᾰ
trópaia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: tropaeum (see there for further descendants)

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