Τρινακρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́η (Trīnakríē) — Ionic
• Θρῑνᾰκῐ́ᾱ (Thrīnakíā)

Etymology

Folk-etymologically remodelled from Θρινακία (Thrinakía) on the basis of τρι- (tri-, “three”) and ἄκρᾱ (ákrā, “headland”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /triː.na.krí.aː/ → /tri.naˈkri.a/ → /tri.naˈkri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /triː.na.krí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tri.naˈkri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tri.naˈkri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tri.naˈkri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tri.naˈkri.a/

Proper noun

Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱ • (Trīnakríā) f (genitive Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Trinacria or Thrinacia, an island in Greek mythology, often associated with Sicily
2. Trinacria or Thrinacia, a poetic name for Sicily

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱ hē Trīnakríā
Genitive	τῆς Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱς tês Trīnakríās
Dative	τῇ Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾳ têi Trīnakríāi
Accusative	τὴν Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Trīnakríān
Vocative	Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱ Trīnakríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τρῑνᾰ́κρῐος (Trīnákrios)
• Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ς (Trīnakrís)

Descendants

• Greek: Τρινακρία (Trinakría)
• Italian: Trinacria
• Latin: Trīnacria; Thrīnacria
• Sicilian: Trinacria

References

• “Τρινακρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Τρινακρία”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
• Τρινακρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette