Τροία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Τρῴᾱ (Trōíā), Τρωΐα (Trōḯa), Τροΐᾱ (Troḯā) — Doric, disyllabic or trisyllabic
• Τροίη (Troíē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

Of Anatolian origin. Compare Hittite 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 (Ta-ru-(ú-)i-ša, “Troy”), which must be read /Trūisa/, and also Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀫𐀊 (to-ro-ja, “Trojan woman”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trǒi̯.aː/ → /ˈtry.a/ → /ˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trǒi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.a/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.a/

Proper noun

Τροίᾱ • (Troíā) f (genitive Τροίας); first declension

1. Troy

   Synonym: Ῑ̓́λιον (Ī́lion)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Τροίᾱ; τῆς Τροίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τροίᾱ hē Troíā
Genitive	τῆς Τροίᾱς tês Troíās
Dative	τῇ Τροίᾳ tēî Troíāi
Accusative	τὴν Τροίᾱν tḕn Troíān
Vocative	Τροίᾱ Troíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τροίᾱθεν (Troíāthen), Τροίηθεν (Troíēthen), Τρωΐᾱθεν (Trōḯāthen)
• Τροίᾱνδε (Troíānde), Τροίηνδε (Troíēnde), Τρῴᾱνδε (Trōíānde)

Related terms

• Τρώς (Trṓs)
• Τρωΐς (Trōḯs)
• Τρωϊάς (Trōïás)
• Τρωϊκός (Trōïkós)

Descendants

• Greek: Τροία (Troía)
• → Latin: Troia
  • French: Troie
  • → English: Troy
  • → German: Troja
• → Turkish: Troya, Truva

References

• “Τροία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Τροία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Τροία” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Τροία”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1511

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtri.a]

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• Homophone: τρία (tría)
• Hyphenation: Τροί‧α

Proper noun

Τροία • (Troía) f

1. Troy

Declension

Declension of Τροία

	singular
nominative	Τροία (Troía)
genitive	Τροίας (Troías)
accusative	Τροία (Troía)
vocative	Τροία (Troía)

Further reading

• Τροία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el