Τρίτων
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain etymology. Related to the second combining form of Ἀμφιτρίτη f (Amphitrítē), his mother's name. Neither belongs to the Τριτογένεια (Tritogéneia) etymological group.[1](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) It has been connected to Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs, “three”), in reference to his trident, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Also connected to Old Irish triath. Not related to Ἀμφιτρύων (Amphitrúōn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trǐː.tɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ton/
Proper noun
Τρῑ́των • (Trī́tōn) m (genitive Τρῑ́τωνος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Τρῑ́των ho Trī́tōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Τρῑ́τωνος toû Trī́tōnos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Τρῑ́τωνῐ tôi Trī́tōni | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Τρῑ́τωνᾰ tòn Trī́tōna | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Τρῑ́των Trī́tōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Τρίτων
- → Arabic: تريتون
- → Bulgarian: Тритон (Triton)
- → Danish: Triton
- → Dutch: Triton
- → English: Triton
- → Estonian: Triton
- → Finnish: Triton
- → French: Triton
- → Galician: Tritón
- → German: Triton
- → Greek: Τρίτων (Tríton), Τρίτωνας (Trítonas) (learned)
- → Hebrew: טריטון
- → Hungarian: Tritón
- → Italian: Tritone
- → Japanese: トリトン
- → Latin: Trītōn
- → Lithuanian: Tritonas
- → Polish: Tryton
- → Portuguese: Tritão
- → Russian: Тритон (Triton)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Triton / Тритон
- → Spanish: Tritón
- → Swedish: Triton
- → Turkish: Triton
- → Ukrainian: Тритон (Tryton)
References
- ^ p.933-934, vol.1 - Frisk, Hjalmar (1960–1972) “Τρίτων”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter
Further reading
- “Τρίτων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “Τρίτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Τρίτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
- Τρίτων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Triton (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
Τρίτων • (Tríton) m