τρίφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neutral form of τρῐ́φῠλλος (trĭ́phŭllos, “three-leaved”), from τρία (tría, “three”) with φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.pʰyl.lon/ → /ˈtri.ɸyl.lon/ → /ˈtri.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fi.lon/

Noun

τρῐ́φῠλλον • (trĭ́phŭllon) n (genitive τρῐφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. clover (Trifolium fragiferum)
2. pitch trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa)
3. ornament shaped like a trefoil

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῐ́φῠλλον; τοῦ τρῐφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῐ́φῠλλον tò trĭ́phŭllon	τὼ τρῐφῠ́λλω tṑ trĭphŭ́llō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́φῠλλᾰ tằ trĭ́phŭllă
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐφῠ́λλου toû trĭphŭ́llou	τοῖν τρῐφῠ́λλοιν toîn trĭphŭ́lloin	τῶν τρῐφῠ́λλων tôn trĭphŭ́llōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐφῠ́λλῳ tôi trĭphŭ́llōi	τοῖν τρῐφῠ́λλοιν toîn trĭphŭ́lloin	τοῖς τρῐφῠ́λλοις toîs trĭphŭ́llois
Accusative	τὸ τρῐ́φῠλλον tò trĭ́phŭllon	τὼ τρῐφῠ́λλω tṑ trĭphŭ́llō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́φῠλλᾰ tằ trĭ́phŭllă
Vocative	τρῐ́φῠλλον trĭ́phŭllon	τρῐφῠ́λλω trĭphŭ́llō	τρῐ́φῠλλᾰ trĭ́phŭllă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τριφύλλιον (triphúllion)
• τριφυλλίς (triphullís)

Further reading

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