τρίγωνον

See also: Τρίγωνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “three-cornered”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.ɡɔː.non/ → /ˈtri.ɣo.non/ → /ˈtri.ɣo.non/

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

Noun

τρῐ́γωνον • (trĭ́gōnon) n (genitive τρῐγώνου); second declension

1. triangle (geometric shape)
2. triangular oriental harp, spindle harp (musical instrument)
3. one of the Athenian lawcourts
4. (astronomy) the constellation Triangulum
5. a type of lozenge

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῐ́γωνον; τοῦ τρῐγώνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῐ́γωνον tò trĭ́gōnon	τὼ τρῐγώνω tṑ trĭgṓnō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́γωνᾰ tằ trĭ́gōnă
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐγώνου toû trĭgṓnou	τοῖν τρῐγώνοιν toîn trĭgṓnoin	τῶν τρῐγώνων tôn trĭgṓnōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐγώνῳ tôi trĭgṓnōi	τοῖν τρῐγώνοιν toîn trĭgṓnoin	τοῖς τρῐγώνοις toîs trĭgṓnois
Accusative	τὸ τρῐ́γωνον tò trĭ́gōnon	τὼ τρῐγώνω tṑ trĭgṓnō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́γωνᾰ tằ trĭ́gōnă
Vocative	τρῐ́γωνον trĭ́gōnon	τρῐγώνω trĭgṓnō	τρῐ́γωνᾰ trĭ́gōnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: trigon, trigonon

Further reading

• “τρίγωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • triangle idem, page 893.