τροχαντήρ

Ancient Greek

From τροχάνη (trokhánē, “wheel, axle, gear”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr), from τροχάζω (trokházō, “to run quickly”).

τροχαντήρ • (trokhantḗr) m (genitive τροχαντῆρος); third declension

(anatomy) trochanter, i.e. either of two processes at the head of the thigh bone
part of the stern of a ship
instrument of torture

Third declension of ὁ τροχαντήρ; τοῦ τροχαντῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τροχαντήρ ho trokhantḗr	τὼ τροχαντῆρε tṑ trokhantêre	οἱ τροχαντῆρες hoi trokhantêres
Genitive	τοῦ τροχαντῆρος toû trokhantêros	τοῖν τροχαντήροιν toîn trokhantḗroin	τῶν τροχαντήρων tôn trokhantḗrōn
Dative	τῷ τροχαντῆρῐ tōî trokhantêrĭ	τοῖν τροχαντήροιν toîn trokhantḗroin	τοῖς τροχαντῆρσῐ / τροχαντῆρσῐν toîs trokhantêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν τροχαντῆρᾰ tòn trokhantêră	τὼ τροχαντῆρε tṑ trokhantêre	τοὺς τροχαντῆρᾰς toùs trokhantêrăs
Vocative	τροχαντήρ trokhantḗr	τροχαντῆρε trokhantêre	τροχαντῆρες trokhantêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“τροχαντήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
τροχαντήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Robert Beekes (2010), “tpéxw”, in Etymological Dictionary Of Greek‎^[1]