τρίγλυφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῐ- (trĭ-, thrice) +‎ γλῠ́φω (glŭ́phō, “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 • (trĭ́glŭphos) 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 trĭ́glŭphos	τρῐ́γλῠφον trĭ́glŭphon		τρῐγλῠ́φω trĭglŭ́phō	τρῐγλῠ́φω trĭglŭ́phō		τρῐ́γλῠφοι trĭ́glŭphoi	τρῐ́γλῠφᾰ trĭ́glŭphă
Genitive		τρῐγλῠ́φου trĭglŭ́phou	τρῐγλῠ́φου trĭglŭ́phou		τρῐγλῠ́φοιν trĭglŭ́phoin	τρῐγλῠ́φοιν trĭglŭ́phoin		τρῐγλῠ́φων trĭglŭ́phōn	τρῐγλῠ́φων trĭglŭ́phōn
Dative		τρῐγλῠ́φῳ trĭglŭ́phōi	τρῐγλῠ́φῳ trĭglŭ́phōi		τρῐγλῠ́φοιν trĭglŭ́phoin	τρῐγλῠ́φοιν trĭglŭ́phoin		τρῐγλῠ́φοις trĭglŭ́phois	τρῐγλῠ́φοις trĭglŭ́phois
Accusative		τρῐ́γλῠφον trĭ́glŭphon	τρῐ́γλῠφον trĭ́glŭphon		τρῐγλῠ́φω trĭglŭ́phō	τρῐγλῠ́φω trĭglŭ́phō		τρῐγλῠ́φους trĭglŭ́phous	τρῐ́γλῠφᾰ trĭ́glŭphă
Vocative		τρῐ́γλῠφε trĭ́glŭphe	τρῐ́γλῠφον trĭ́glŭphon		τρῐγλῠ́φω trĭglŭ́phō	τρῐγλῠ́φω trĭglŭ́phō		τρῐ́γλῠφοι trĭ́glŭphoi	τρῐ́γλῠφᾰ trĭ́glŭphă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τρῐγλῠ́φως trĭglŭ́phōs			τρῐγλῠφώτερος trĭglŭphṓteros			τρῐγλῠφώτᾰτος trĭglŭphṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

τρῐ́γλῠφος • (trĭ́glŭphos) 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 trĭ́glŭphos	τὼ τρῐγλῠ́φω tṑ trĭglŭ́phō	αἱ τρῐ́γλῠφοι hai trĭ́glŭphoi
Genitive	τῆς τρῐγλῠ́φου tês trĭglŭ́phou	τοῖν τρῐγλῠ́φοιν toîn trĭglŭ́phoin	τῶν τρῐγλῠ́φων tôn trĭglŭ́phōn
Dative	τῇ τρῐγλῠ́φῳ têi trĭglŭ́phōi	τοῖν τρῐγλῠ́φοιν toîn trĭglŭ́phoin	ταῖς τρῐγλῠ́φοις taîs trĭglŭ́phois
Accusative	τὴν τρῐ́γλῠφον tḕn trĭ́glŭphon	τὼ τρῐγλῠ́φω tṑ trĭglŭ́phō	τᾱ̀ς τρῐγλῠ́φους tā̀s trĭglŭ́phous
Vocative	τρῐ́γλῠφε trĭ́glŭphe	τρῐγλῠ́φω trĭglŭ́phō	τρῐ́γλῠφοι trĭ́glŭphoi
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