τρίβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.bo.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bo.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.βo.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.vo.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.vo.los/

Noun

τρῐ́βολος • (tríbolos) m (genitive τρῐβόλου); second declension

name of various prickly plants:
caltrop, a four-spiked implement thrown on the ground to lame the enemy's horses
larger contrivance for stopping boulders thrown down a slope
instrument hung from the walls of a fortress as a defence against battering rams
kind of incendiary missile

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τρῐ́βολος; τοῦ τρῐβόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρῐ́βολος ho tríbolos	τὼ τρῐβόλω tṑ tribólō	οἱ τρῐ́βολοι hoi tríboloi
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐβόλου toû tribólou	τοῖν τρῐβόλοιν toîn tribóloin	τῶν τρῐβόλων tôn tribólōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐβόλῳ tôi tribólōi	τοῖν τρῐβόλοιν toîn tribóloin	τοῖς τρῐβόλοις toîs tribólois
Accusative	τὸν τρῐ́βολον tòn tríbolon	τὼ τρῐβόλω tṑ tribólō	τοὺς τρῐβόλους toùs tribólous
Vocative	τρῐ́βολε tríbole	τρῐβόλω tribólō	τρῐ́βολοι tríboloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τρῐβολοειδῶς (triboloeidôs)

Descendants

→ Latin: tribulus
- → Translingual: Tribulus

References

G5146 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin trībulum (“threshing sledge”).

Alternative forms

τρίβολα f (tríbola)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trǐː.bo.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bo.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.βo.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.vo.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.vo.los/

Noun

τρίβολος • (tríbolos) m (genitive τρῑ́βόλου); second declension

threshing sledge, a board with sharp stones fixed in the bottom
Synonym: τυκάνη (tukánē)
part of the bit of a bridle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τρῑ́βολος; τοῦ τρῑβόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρῑ́βολος ho trī́bolos	τὼ τρῑβόλω tṑ trībólō	οἱ τρῑ́βολοι hoi trī́boloi
Genitive	τοῦ τρῑβόλου toû trībólou	τοῖν τρῑβόλοιν toîn trībóloin	τῶν τρῑβόλων tôn trībólōn
Dative	τῷ τρῑβόλῳ tôi trībólōi	τοῖν τρῑβόλοιν toîn trībóloin	τοῖς τρῑβόλοις toîs trībólois
Accusative	τὸν τρῑ́βολον tòn trī́bolon	τὼ τρῑβόλω tṑ trībólō	τοὺς τρῑβόλους toùs trībólous
Vocative	τρῑ́βολε trī́bole	τρῑβόλω trībólō	τρῑ́βολοι trī́boloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Aramaic:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܐܛܪ̈ܘܒܝܠܐ

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: טַּרְבָּל (ṭarbāl), טּוּרְבִּיל (ṭurbīl)
- → Arabic: طِرْبِيل (ṭirbīl)

τρίβολος

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

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