-ώροφος

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek -ώροφος (-ṓrophos).[1] The noun ὄροφος (órophos) as second combining form, with vowel change according to Wackernagel's law "lengthening in composition" (here, from brachy, short omicron ⟨ο⟩ to macron, long omega ⟨ω⟩).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ɾo.fos/
  • Hyphenation: -ώ‧ρο‧φος

Suffix

-ώροφος • (-órofos) m

  1. the noun όροφος (órofos) as second combining form of adjectives or nouns denoting the number of floors or their characteristics
    ‎τρι- (tri-, “tri-, three”) + ‎-ώροφος (-órofos) → ‎τριώροφος (triórofos, “three floor”)
    ‎ημι- (imi-, “semi-”) + ‎-ώροφος (-órofos) → ‎ημιώροφος (imiórofos, “mezzanine, entresol,”)

Declension

As a noun:

declension of -ώροφος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative -ώροφος • -ώροφοι •
genitive -ώροφου •,  -ωρόφου • -ώροφων •,  -ωρόφων •
accusative -ώροφο • -ώροφους •,  -ωρόφους •
vocative -ώροφε • -ώροφοι •
Second forms are formal. The fist forms, less formal, colloquial.

As an adjective:

Declension of -ώροφος
number 
case \ gender 		 singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative -ώροφος • -ώροφη • -ώροφο • -ώροφοι • -ώροφες • -ώροφα •
genitive -ώροφου • -ώροφης • -ώροφου • -ώροφων • -ώροφων • -ώροφων •
accusative -ώροφο • -ώροφη • -ώροφο • -ώροφους • -ώροφες • -ώροφα •
vocative -ώροφε • -ώροφη • -ώροφο • -ώροφοι • -ώροφες • -ώροφα •

Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -ώροφος

References
  1. -ώροφος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Nagy, Gregory (2008) Greek, II§6
    "when two vowels come together as the final and initial elements of two compound-formants, the resulting contraction will entail the elision of the first vowel (V1) and the lengthening of the second vowel (V2)"
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