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τρόπαιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρόπαιον τροπαίου

Structure: τροπαι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

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

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰ οὕτωσ ἡ Εὐριπίδου σοφία καὶ ἡ Σοφοκλέουσ λογιότησ καὶ τὸ Αἰσχύλου στόμα τι τῶν δυσχερῶν ἀπήλλαξεν ἤ τι τῶν λαμπρῶν περιεποίησεν, ἄξιόν γε τὰ δράματα τοῖσ τροπαίοισ ἀντιπαραθεῖναι καὶ τῷ στρατηγίῳ τὸ θέατρον ἀνταναστῆσαι καὶ ταῖσ ἀριστείαισ τὰσ διδασκαλίασ ἀντιπαραβαλεῖν. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 5 2:1)
  • Ἀρήιοσ ὁ κῶμοσ οὗτοσ ἐκ γῆσ ἅμα φάλαγξι καὶ στόλοισ ἐκ θαλάττησ καὶ μεμειγμένοισ σκύλοισ καὶ τροπαίοισ βεβριθώσ. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 7 1:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅλαι μὲν πόλεισ αὐτῶν εἰσι καὶ νῆσοι καὶ ἤπειροι, καὶ ναοὶ χιλιοτάλαντοι καὶ δήμων ἀποικισμοὶ μυρίανδροι, τροπαίοισ δὲ παντοδαποῖσ ἀναστέφονται καὶ λαφύροισ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 7 1:5)
  • τὸν κατὰ Κόνωνοσ αἰκίασ τοῖσ περὶ Πύλον τροπαίοισ ἐκείνου; (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 8 5:4)
  • τὰ δράματα τοῖσ τροπαίοισ ἀντιπαραθεῖναι καὶ τῷ στρατηγίῳ τὸ θέατρον ἀνταναστῆσαι καὶ ταῖσ ἀριστείαισ τὰσ διδασκαλίασ ἀντιπαραβαλεῖν. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 5 7:1)

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