ὀροφή

See also: οροφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρέφω (eréphō) +‎ -η (-ē).^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.ro.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /o.roˈɸi/ → /o.roˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.ro.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.roˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.roˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.roˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.roˈfi/

Noun

ὀροφή • (orophḗ) f (genitive ὀροφῆς); first declension

1. ceiling
2. roof

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀροφή hē orophḗ	τὼ ὀροφᾱ́ tṑ orophā́	αἱ ὀροφαί hai orophaí
Genitive	τῆς ὀροφῆς tês orophês	τοῖν ὀροφαῖν toîn orophaîn	τῶν ὀροφῶν tôn orophôn
Dative	τῇ ὀροφῇ têi orophêi	τοῖν ὀροφαῖν toîn orophaîn	ταῖς ὀροφαῖς taîs orophaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὀροφήν tḕn orophḗn	τὼ ὀροφᾱ́ tṑ orophā́	τᾱ̀ς ὀροφᾱ́ς tā̀s orophā́s
Vocative	ὀροφή orophḗ	ὀροφᾱ́ orophā́	ὀροφαί orophaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ ὀροφή; τῆς ὀροφῆς (Attic)

Derived terms

• ὑψόροφος (hupsórophos)

Descendants

• Greek: οροφή (orofí)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρέφω (> DER > ὀροφή)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456

Further reading

• “ὀροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ceiling idem, page 120.
  • rafter idem, page 668.
  • roof idem, page 721.