τάφρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰembʰ-; compare Old Armenian դամբան (damban, “tomb”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τάφρος • (táphros) f (genitive τάφρου); second declension

  1. ditch, trench, moat
    Synonyms: κᾰ́πετος (kápetos), ὄρῠγμᾰ (órugma)

Declension
Second declension of ἡ τᾰ́φρος; τῆς τᾰ́φρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τᾰ́φρος
hē táphros		 τὼ τᾰ́φρω
tṑ táphrō		 αἱ τᾰ́φροι
hai táphroi
Genitive τῆς τᾰ́φρου
tês táphrou		 τοῖν τᾰ́φροιν
toîn táphroin		 τῶν τᾰ́φρων
tôn táphrōn
Dative τῇ τᾰ́φρῳ
têi táphrōi		 τοῖν τᾰ́φροιν
toîn táphroin		 ταῖς τᾰ́φροις
taîs táphrois
Accusative τὴν τᾰ́φρον
tḕn táphron		 τὼ τᾰ́φρω
tṑ táphrō		 τᾱ̀ς τᾰ́φρους
tā̀s táphrous
Vocative τᾰ́φρε
táphre		 τᾰ́φρω
táphrō		 τᾰ́φροι
táphroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “τάφρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τάφρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “τάφρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάφρος (táphros).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈta.fros/
  • Hyphenation: τά‧φρος

Noun

τάφρος • (táfros) f (plural τάφροι)

  1. moat, fosse
  2. large ditch, large trench
  3. marine trench
    η τάφρος των Μαριανών ― i táfros ton Marianón ― Mariana Trench

Declension
declension of τάφρος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative τάφρος • τάφροι •
genitive τάφρου • τάφρων •
accusative τάφρο • τάφρους •
vocative τάφρε •,  τάφρο • τάφροι •

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