"Τροία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Τροία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /trǒi̯.aː/, /ˈtry.a/, /ˈtri.a/, /trǒi̯.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈtry.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈtry.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈtry.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈtri.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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”). in Egyptian (Rʾ-ʾw, "Troy"). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-ana|-}} Anatolian, {{cog|hit|𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭||Troy|tr=Ta-ru-(ú-)i-ša}} Hittite 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 (Ta-ru-(ú-)i-ša, “Troy”), {{cog|gmy|𐀵𐀫𐀊|t=Trojan woman|tr=to-ro-ja}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀫𐀊 (to-ro-ja, “Trojan woman”), {{quote-book|en|author=Breasted, James Henry|page=95|passage=Troja (Rʾ-ʾw)|title=Ancient Records of Egypt: The first to the seventeenth dynasties|year=1906}} 1906, Breasted, James Henry, Ancient Records of Egypt: The first to the seventeenth dynasties, page 95: Troja (Rʾ-ʾw) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Τροίας|f|first|head=Τροίᾱ}} Τροίᾱ • (Troíā) f (genitive Τροίας); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Τροίᾱ|Τροίᾱς|form=F-sing}} Forms: Τροίᾱ [canonical], Troíā [romanization], Τροίας [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Τροίᾱ [nominative, singular], τῆς Τροίᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Τροίᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Τροίᾱν [accusative, singular], Τροίᾱ [singular, vocative], Τρῴᾱ [alternative], Τρωΐα [alternative], Τροΐᾱ [alternative], Τροίη [alternative]
  1. Troy Wikipedia link: Troy Categories (place): Cities Synonyms: Ῑ̓́λιον (Ī́lion) Derived forms: Τροίᾱθεν (Troíāthen), Τροίηθεν (Troíēthen), Τρωΐᾱθεν (Trōḯāthen), Τροίᾱνδε (Troíānde), Τροίηνδε (Troíēnde), Τρῴᾱνδε (Trṓiānde) Related terms: Τρώς (Trṓs), Τρωΐς (Trōḯs), Τρωϊάς (Trōïás), Τρωϊκός (Trōïkós)
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Trōia"
    },
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        }
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          "expansion": "→ German: Troja",
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        }
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    {
      "form": "Τρωΐα",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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      "form": "Τροΐᾱ",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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          "word": "Τροίᾱθεν"
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          "word": "Τροίηθεν"
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        {
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          "word": "Τρωΐᾱθεν"
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          "word": "Τροίᾱνδε"
        },
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          "word": "Τροίηνδε"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Trṓiānde",
          "word": "Τρῴᾱνδε"
        }
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        "Troy"
      ],
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          "Troy",
          "Troy"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "Trṓs",
          "word": "Τρώς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Trōḯs",
          "word": "Τρωΐς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Trōïás",
          "word": "Τρωϊάς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Trōïkós",
          "word": "Τρωϊκός"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "Ī́lion",
          "word": "Ῑ̓́λιον"
        }
      ],
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        "Troy"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/trǒi̯.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtry.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtri.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/trǒi̯.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtry.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtry.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtry.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtri.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Τροία"
}
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      "word": "Τροίᾱθεν"
    },
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      "word": "Τροίηθεν"
    },
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      "roman": "Trōḯāthen",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Troíānde",
      "word": "Τροίᾱνδε"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Troíēnde",
      "word": "Τροίηνδε"
    },
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      "roman": "Trṓiānde",
      "word": "Τρῴᾱνδε"
    }
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          "expansion": "→ Latin: Trōia",
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      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Trōia"
    },
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            "2": "Troie"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: Troy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Troy"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Troja",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Troja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Troja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "tr",
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            "3": "Truva",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: Troya, Truva",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: Troya, Truva"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "ἡ Τροίᾱ",
      "roman": "hē Troíā",
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "roman": "tês Troíās",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Τροίᾳ",
      "roman": "têi Troíāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Τροίᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn Troíān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Τροίᾱ",
      "roman": "Troíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "Τρῴᾱ",
      "roman": "Trṓiā",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Τρωΐα",
      "roman": "Trōḯa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Τροΐᾱ",
      "roman": "Troḯā",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Τροίη",
      "roman": "Troíē",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "Trṓs",
      "word": "Τρώς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Trōḯs",
      "word": "Τρωΐς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Trōïás",
      "word": "Τρωϊάς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Trōïkós",
      "word": "Τρωϊκός"
    }
  ],
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        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns",
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        "Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
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        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Troy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Troy",
          "Troy"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Troy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/trǒi̯.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtry.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtri.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/trǒi̯.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtry.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtry.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtry.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtri.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Ī́lion",
      "word": "Ῑ̓́λιον"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Τροία"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (b81b832 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.