τριγενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τρῐ- (trĭ-) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /tri.ʝeˈnis/ → /tri.ʝeˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tri.ɡeˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/

Adjective

τρῐγενής • (trĭgenḗs) m or f (neuter τρῐγενές); third declension

1. (of the three stages in the life of moths and the like) thrice-born
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 759a.3
2. of threefold gender
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 61.18
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 105.23
3. of three kinds; threefold, triple
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 14.698
   • c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Theological principles of arithmetic 35

Declension

Third declension of τρῐγενής; τρῐγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῐγενής trĭgenḗs	τρῐγενές trĭgenés		τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî	τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî		τρῐγενεῖς trĭgeneîs	τρῐγενῆ trĭgenê
Genitive		τρῐγενοῦς trĭgenoûs	τρῐγενοῦς trĭgenoûs		τρῐγενοῖν trĭgenoîn	τρῐγενοῖν trĭgenoîn		τρῐγενῶν trĭgenôn	τρῐγενῶν trĭgenôn
Dative		τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî	τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî		τρῐγενοῖν trĭgenoîn	τρῐγενοῖν trĭgenoîn		τρῐγενέσῐ / τρῐγενέσῐν trĭgenésĭ(n)	τρῐγενέσῐ / τρῐγενέσῐν trĭgenésĭ(n)
Accusative		τρῐγενῆ trĭgenê	τρῐγενές trĭgenés		τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî	τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî		τρῐγενεῖς trĭgeneîs	τρῐγενῆ trĭgenê
Vocative		τρῐγενές trĭgenés	τρῐγενές trĭgenés		τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî	τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî		τρῐγενεῖς trĭgeneîs	τρῐγενῆ trĭgenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τρῐγενῶς trĭgenôs			τρῐγενέστερος trĭgenésteros			τρῐγενέστᾰτος trĭgenéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: trigenous

References

• “τριγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press