βρεφοτροφεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βρέφος (bréphos, “baby”) +‎ τροφεῖον (tropheîon, “small room, chamber”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βρεφοτροφεῖον • (brephotropheîon) n (genitive βρεφοτροφείου); second declension

  1. orphanage, in which children were fed

Declension
Second declension of τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον; τοῦ βρεφοτροφείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον
tò brephotropheîon		 τὼ βρεφοτροφείω
tṑ brephotropheíō		 τᾰ̀ βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ
tà brephotropheîa
Genitive τοῦ βρεφοτροφείου
toû brephotropheíou		 τοῖν βρεφοτροφείοιν
toîn brephotropheíoin		 τῶν βρεφοτροφείων
tôn brephotropheíōn
Dative τῷ βρεφοτροφείῳ
tôi brephotropheíōi		 τοῖν βρεφοτροφείοιν
toîn brephotropheíoin		 τοῖς βρεφοτροφείοις
toîs brephotropheíois
Accusative τὸ βρεφοτροφεῖον
tò brephotropheîon		 τὼ βρεφοτροφείω
tṑ brephotropheíō		 τᾰ̀ βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ
tà brephotropheîa
Vocative βρεφοτροφεῖον
brephotropheîon		 βρεφοτροφείω
brephotropheíō		 βρεφοτροφεῖᾰ
brephotropheîa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Italian: brefotrofio
  • → Sicilian: brefutrofiu

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