τρίβανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρίβω (tríbō, “to thresh; rub; wear out”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.ba.non/ → /ˈtri.βa.non/ → /ˈtri.va.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.ba.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ba.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.βa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.va.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.va.non/

Noun

τρῐ́βᾰνον • (trĭ́bănon) n (genitive τρῐβᾰ́νου); second declension

1. oil-flask

   Synonym: λήκυθος (lḗkuthos)

2. kind of measure of capacity

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῐ́βᾰνον; τοῦ τρῐβᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῐ́βᾰνον tò trĭ́bănon	τὼ τρῐβᾰ́νω tṑ trĭbắnō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́βᾰνᾰ tằ trĭ́bănă
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐβᾰ́νου toû trĭbắnou	τοῖν τρῐβᾰ́νοιν toîn trĭbắnoin	τῶν τρῐβᾰ́νων tôn trĭbắnōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐβᾰ́νῳ tôi trĭbắnōi	τοῖν τρῐβᾰ́νοιν toîn trĭbắnoin	τοῖς τρῐβᾰ́νοις toîs trĭbắnois
Accusative	τὸ τρῐ́βᾰνον tò trĭ́bănon	τὼ τρῐβᾰ́νω tṑ trĭbắnō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́βᾰνᾰ tằ trĭ́bănă
Vocative	τρῐ́βᾰνον trĭ́bănon	τρῐβᾰ́νω trĭbắnō	τρῐ́βᾰνᾰ trĭ́bănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τρίβανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τρίβανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette