φρούριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φρουρός (phrourós, “watchman”) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰrǔː.ri.on/ → /ˈɸru.ri.on/ → /ˈfru.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰrǔː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰru.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸru.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfru.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfru.ri.on/

Noun

φρούρῐον • (phroúrĭon) n (genitive φρουρῐ́ου); second declension

1. hill-fort, fortress, citadel
2. prison
3. garrison

Declension

Second declension of τὸ φρούρῐον; τοῦ φρουρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρούρῐον tò phroúrĭon	τὼ φρουρῐ́ω tṑ phrourĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ φρούρῐᾰ tằ phroúrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ φρουρῐ́ου toû phrourĭ́ou	τοῖν φρουρῐ́οιν toîn phrourĭ́oin	τῶν φρουρῐ́ων tôn phrourĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ φρουρῐ́ῳ tōî phrourĭ́ōi	τοῖν φρουρῐ́οιν toîn phrourĭ́oin	τοῖς φρουρῐ́οις toîs phrourĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ φρούρῐον tò phroúrĭon	τὼ φρουρῐ́ω tṑ phrourĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ φρούρῐᾰ tằ phroúrĭă
Vocative	φρούρῐον phroúrĭon	φρουρῐ́ω phrourĭ́ō	φρούρῐᾰ phroúrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: φρούριο (froúrio) (learned)

Further reading

• “φρούριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φρούριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers