τρίαινα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + -αινᾰ (-aina). Chantraine considers a folk-etymological transformation after the numeral. Furnée compares τρίναξ (trínax, “instrument used in agriculture”) and θρῖναξ (thrînax, “three-pronged fork”), and asks whether the word could be a transformation of a Pre-Greek loan for an agricultural tool.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trí.ai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtri.e.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtri.e.na/
Noun
τρῐ́αινᾰ • (tríaina) f (genitive τρῐαίνης); first declension
- trident, the badge of Poseidon
- Synonym: τριόδους (triódous)
- three-pronged fork
- Synonym: θρῖναξ (thrînax)
- (surgery) kind of cautery
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τρῐ́αινᾰ hē tríaina |
τὼ τρῐαίνᾱ tṑ triaínā |
αἱ τρῐ́αιναι hai tríainai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τρῐαίνης tês triaínēs |
τοῖν τρῐαίναιν toîn triaínain |
τῶν τρῐαινῶν tôn triainôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τρῐαίνῃ têi triaínēi |
τοῖν τρῐαίναιν toîn triaínain |
ταῖς τρῐαίναις taîs triaínais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τρῐ́αινᾰν tḕn tríainan |
τὼ τρῐαίνᾱ tṑ triaínā |
τᾱ̀ς τρῐαίνᾱς tā̀s triaínās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρῐ́αινᾰ tríaina |
τρῐαίνᾱ triaínā |
τρῐ́αιναι tríainai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τριαινατῆρες (triainatêres)
- τριαινοειδής (triainoeidḗs)
- τριαινοῦχος (triainoûkhos)
- τριαινόω (triainóō)
- τριαινώδης (triainṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: τρίαινα (tríaina)
References
- “τρίαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρίαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τρίαινα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τρίαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τρίαινα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Noun
τρίαινα • (tríaina) f (plural τρίαινες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τρίαινα (tríaina) | τρίαινες (tríaines) |
| genitive | τρίαινας (tríainas) | τριαινών (triainón) |
| accusative | τρίαινα (tríaina) | τρίαινες (tríaines) |
| vocative | τρίαινα (tríaina) | τρίαινες (tríaines) |
Synonyms
- τρικράνι n (trikráni)
Further reading
τρίαινα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
