τροφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρέφω (tréphō, “to maintain, support”) +‎ -η (-ē, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tro.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /troˈɸi/ → /troˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tro.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /troˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /troˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /troˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /troˈfi/

Noun

τροφή • (trophḗ) f (genitive τροφῆς); first declension

1. nourishment, food
   1. that which provides or procures sustenance
   2. a meal
2. nurture, rearing, upbringing
   1. education
   2. rearing or keeping of animals
3. a place in which animals are reared

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τροφή; τῆς τροφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τροφή hē trophḗ	τὼ τροφᾱ́ tṑ trophā́	αἱ τροφαί hai trophaí
Genitive	τῆς τροφῆς tês trophês	τοῖν τροφαῖν toîn trophaîn	τῶν τροφῶν tôn trophôn
Dative	τῇ τροφῇ têi trophêi	τοῖν τροφαῖν toîn trophaîn	ταῖς τροφαῖς taîs trophaîs
Accusative	τὴν τροφήν tḕn trophḗn	τὼ τροφᾱ́ tṑ trophā́	τᾱ̀ς τροφᾱ́ς tā̀s trophā́s
Vocative	τροφή trophḗ	τροφᾱ́ trophā́	τροφαί trophaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀτροφίᾱ (atrophíā)
• τροφικός (trophikós)

Related terms

Related terms

• ἀνατροφή (anatrophḗ)
• ἀποτροφή (apotrophḗ)
• διατροφή (diatrophḗ)
• ἐκτροφή (ektrophḗ)
• ἐπιτροφή (epitrophḗ)
• συντρόφη (suntróphē)
• ὑπεκτροφή (hupektrophḗ)
• ὑποτροφή (hupotrophḗ)

Further reading

• “τροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5160 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aliment idem, page 22.
  • board idem, page 86.
  • bread idem, page 94.
  • breed idem, page 97.
  • breeding idem, page 97.
  • bringing up idem, page 100.
  • commissariat idem, page 148.
  • diet idem, page 222.
  • education idem, page 262.
  • entertainment idem, page 277.
  • fare idem, page 307.
  • fodder idem, page 331.
  • food idem, page 333.
  • forage idem, page 334.
  • keep idem, page 467.
  • maintenance idem, page 508.
  • meal idem, page 519.
  • meat idem, page 521.
  • nourishment idem, page 562.
  • nurture idem, page 563.
  • nutriment idem, page 563.
  • pabulum idem, page 587.
  • provender idem, page 654.
  • provision idem, page 654.
  • ration idem, page 673.
  • rearing idem, page 676.
  • refection idem, page 684.
  • refreshment idem, page 685.
  • subsistence idem, page 832.
  • supplies idem, page 840.
  • support idem, page 841.
  • sustenance idem, page 846.
  • viands idem, page 950.
  • victuals idem, page 951.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾoˈfi/
• Hyphenation: τρο‧φή

Noun

τροφή • (trofí) f (plural τροφές)

1. food, nourishment

   Synonym: φαγητό n (fagitó) and less formal φαΐ n (faḯ)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	τροφή (trofí)	τροφές (trofés)
genitive	τροφής (trofís)	τροφών (trofón)
accusative	τροφή (trofí)	τροφές (trofés)
vocative	τροφή (trofí)	τροφές (trofés)

Related terms

• τροφικός (trofikós)

• and see: τρέφω (tréfo, “I feed”)

Further reading

• τροφή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el