στρόφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρόφος (stróphos, “twisted band”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

στρόφῐον • (stróphion) n (genitive στροφῐ́ου); second declension

  1. band worn by women around the breasts
  2. headband worn by priests
  3. boxing glove
    Synonym: ἱμάς (himás)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ στρόφῐον; τοῦ στροφῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ στρόφῐον
tò stróphion		 τὼ στροφῐ́ω
tṑ strophíō		 τᾰ̀ στρόφῐᾰ
tà stróphia
Genitive τοῦ στροφῐ́ου
toû strophíou		 τοῖν στροφῐ́οιν
toîn strophíoin		 τῶν στροφῐ́ων
tôn strophíōn
Dative τῷ στροφῐ́ῳ
tôi strophíōi		 τοῖν στροφῐ́οιν
toîn strophíoin		 τοῖς στροφῐ́οις
toîs strophíois
Accusative τὸ στρόφῐον
tò stróphion		 τὼ στροφῐ́ω
tṑ strophíō		 τᾰ̀ στρόφῐᾰ
tà stróphia
Vocative στρόφῐον
stróphion		 στροφῐ́ω
strophíō		 στρόφῐᾰ
stróphia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Latin: strophium

Further reading
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