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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

  • ὁ δὲ Ἰάσων ἐποιεῖτο σφαγὰσ τῶν πολιτῶν τῶν ἰδίων ἀφειδῶσ, οὐ συννοῶν τὴν εἰσ τοὺσ συγγενεῖσ εὐημερίαν δυσημερίαν εἶναι τὴν μεγίστην. δοκῶν δὲ πολεμίων καὶ οὐχ ὁμοεθνῶν τρόπαια καταβάλλεσθαι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:6)
  • καὶ ὁ μὲν Νικάνωρ μετὰ πάσησ ἀλαζονείασ ὑψαυχενῶν, διεγνώκει κοινὸν τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν συστήσασθαι τρόπαιον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:6)
  • Ἀργείουσ ὁρᾷσ, ὦ Χάρων, καὶ Λακεδαιμονίουσ καὶ τὸν ἡμιθνῆτα ἐκεῖνον στρατηγὸν Ὀθρυάδαν τὸν ἐπιγράφοντα τὸ τρόπαιον τῷ αὑτοῦ αἵματι ὑπὲρ τίνοσ δ’ αὐτοῖσ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ὁ πόλεμοσ; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 24:1)
  • ὢ τῆσ ἀνοίασ, οἵ γε οὐκ ἴσασιν ὅτι, κἂν ὅλην τὴν Πελοπόννησον ἕκαστοσ αὐτῶν κτήσωνται, μόγισ ἂν ποδιαῖον λάβοιεν τόπον παρὰ τοῦ Αἰακοῦ τὸ δὲ πεδίον τοῦτο ἄλλοτε ἄλλοι γεωργήσουσι πολλάκισ ἐκ βάθρων τὸ τρόπαιον ἀνασπάσαντεσ τῷ ἀρότρῳ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 24:3)
  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ χρὴ ἀναμνησθέντασ, ὅτι ἤδη καὶ ἑτέροισ ἀδικουμένοισ βοηθήσαντεσ ἐν τῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ πολλὰ τρόπαια τῶν πολεμίων ἐστήσαμεν, ἄνδρασ ἀγαθοὺσ περὶ τῆσ πατρίδοσ καὶ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν γίγνεσθαι, πιστεύοντασ μὲν τοῖσ θεοῖσ καὶ ἐλπίζοντασ ἐπεὶ τὸ δίκαιον μετὰ τῶν ἀδικουμένων ἔσται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 33 7:1)
  • οὐ πολλὴν βοὴν στήσεσθε καὶ τροπαῖον, ἀλλὰ τοῦ μόνου τέκνου με περιόψεσθ’ ἀποστερουμένην; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode9)
  • μόνοσ γὰρ ὁ θεὸσ οὗτοσ οἶδ’ ὅτι τροπαῖον ἂν στήσαιτο τῶν ταύτησ τρόπων. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 2:34)

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