The origin of the term is uncertain; most likely derived from Pre-Greek, possibly Phrygian or Illyrian. Ancient Greek θρι- (thri-) has also been connected with a term for fig tree (compare θρῖον (thrîon, “fig leaf”)). The suffix -αμβος (-ambos) is probably the same element that also occurs in ἴαμβος (íambos, “a poetic meter”), δῑθύραμβος (dīthúrambos, “hymn to Dionysus”) and might derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint”).
θρῐ́ᾰμβος • (thríambos) m (genitive θρῐᾰ́μβου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ θρῐ́ᾰμβος ho thríambos |
τὼ θρῐᾰ́μβω tṑ thriámbō |
οἱ θρῐ́ᾰμβοι hoi thríamboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θρῐᾰ́μβου toû thriámbou |
τοῖν θρῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn thriámboin |
τῶν θρῐᾰ́μβων tôn thriámbōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θρῐᾰ́μβῳ tôi thriámbōi |
τοῖν θρῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn thriámboin |
τοῖς θρῐᾰ́μβοις toîs thriámbois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θρῐ́ᾰμβον tòn thríambon |
τὼ θρῐᾰ́μβω tṑ thriámbō |
τοὺς θρῐᾰ́μβους toùs thriámbous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θρῐ́ᾰμβε thríambe |
θρῐᾰ́μβω thriámbō |
θρῐ́ᾰμβοι thríamboi | ||||||||||
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θρίαμβος • (thríamvos) m (plural θρίαμβοι)