τρίγλυφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῐ- (tri-, thrice) +‎ γλῠ́φω (glúphō, “to carve, engrave”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.ɡly.pʰos/ → /ˈtri.ɣly.ɸos/ → /ˈtri.ɣli.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.ɡly.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɡly.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɣly.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɣly.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɣli.fos/

Adjective

τρῐ́γλῠφος • (trígluphos) m or f (neuter τρῐ́γλῠφον); second declension

1. thrice-cloven

Declension

Second declension of τρῐ́γλῠφος; τρῐ́γλῠφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῐ́γλῠφος trígluphos	τρῐ́γλῠφον trígluphon		τρῐγλῠ́φω triglúphō	τρῐγλῠ́φω triglúphō		τρῐ́γλῠφοι trígluphoi	τρῐ́γλῠφᾰ tríglupha
Genitive		τρῐγλῠ́φου triglúphou	τρῐγλῠ́φου triglúphou		τρῐγλῠ́φοιν triglúphoin	τρῐγλῠ́φοιν triglúphoin		τρῐγλῠ́φων triglúphōn	τρῐγλῠ́φων triglúphōn
Dative		τρῐγλῠ́φῳ triglúphōi	τρῐγλῠ́φῳ triglúphōi		τρῐγλῠ́φοιν triglúphoin	τρῐγλῠ́φοιν triglúphoin		τρῐγλῠ́φοις triglúphois	τρῐγλῠ́φοις triglúphois
Accusative		τρῐ́γλῠφον trígluphon	τρῐ́γλῠφον trígluphon		τρῐγλῠ́φω triglúphō	τρῐγλῠ́φω triglúphō		τρῐγλῠ́φους triglúphous	τρῐ́γλῠφᾰ tríglupha
Vocative		τρῐ́γλῠφε trígluphe	τρῐ́γλῠφον trígluphon		τρῐγλῠ́φω triglúphō	τρῐγλῠ́φω triglúphō		τρῐ́γλῠφοι trígluphoi	τρῐ́γλῠφᾰ tríglupha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τρῐγλῠ́φως triglúphōs			τρῐγλῠφώτερος trigluphṓteros			τρῐγλῠφώτᾰτος trigluphṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

τρῐ́γλῠφος • (trígluphos) f (genitive τρῐγλῠ́φου); second declension

1. (architecture) triglyph, a three-grooved tablet placed at equal distances along the frieze

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ τρῐ́γλῠφος; τῆς τρῐγλῠ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῐ́γλῠφος hē trígluphos	τὼ τρῐγλῠ́φω tṑ triglúphō	αἱ τρῐ́γλῠφοι hai trígluphoi
Genitive	τῆς τρῐγλῠ́φου tês triglúphou	τοῖν τρῐγλῠ́φοιν toîn triglúphoin	τῶν τρῐγλῠ́φων tôn triglúphōn
Dative	τῇ τρῐγλῠ́φῳ têi triglúphōi	τοῖν τρῐγλῠ́φοιν toîn triglúphoin	ταῖς τρῐγλῠ́φοις taîs triglúphois
Accusative	τὴν τρῐ́γλῠφον tḕn trígluphon	τὼ τρῐγλῠ́φω tṑ triglúphō	τᾱ̀ς τρῐγλῠ́φους tā̀s triglúphous
Vocative	τρῐ́γλῠφε trígluphe	τρῐγλῠ́φω triglúphō	τρῐ́γλῠφοι trígluphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: triglyphus
  • → English: triglyph
  • → German: Triglyph
  • → Italian: triglifo

Further reading

• “τρίγλυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρίγλυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρίγλυφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette