τρώγλη

Ancient Greek

From τρώγω (trṓgō, “to bite; to eat”), through the concept of an animal chewing a hole.

τρώγλη • (trṓglē) f (genitive τρώγλης); first declension

First declension of ἡ τρώγλη; τῆς τρώγλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρώγλη hē trṓglē	τὼ τρώγλᾱ tṑ trṓglā	αἱ τρῶγλαι hai trôglai
Genitive	τῆς τρώγλης tês trṓglēs	τοῖν τρώγλαιν toîn trṓglain	τῶν τρωγλῶν tôn trōglôn
Dative	τῇ τρώγλῃ tēî trṓglēi	τοῖν τρώγλαιν toîn trṓglain	ταῖς τρώγλαις taîs trṓglais
Accusative	τὴν τρώγλην tḕn trṓglēn	τὼ τρώγλᾱ tṑ trṓglā	τᾱ̀ς τρώγλᾱς tā̀s trṓglās
Vocative	τρώγλη trṓglē	τρώγλᾱ trṓglā	τρῶγλαι trôglai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.