τρικλίνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρίκλῑνος (tríklīnos, “dining room”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.klǐː.ni.on/ → /triˈkli.ni.on/ → /triˈkli.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.klǐː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/

Noun

τρικλῑ́νῐον • (triklī́nĭon) n (genitive τρικλῑνίου); second declension

1. A dining room with three couches

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρικλῑ́νῐον; τοῦ τρικλῑνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρικλῑ́νῐον tò triklī́nĭon	τὼ τρικλῑνῐ́ω tṑ triklīnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ tằ triklī́nĭă
Genitive	τοῦ τρικλῑνῐ́ου toû triklīnĭ́ou	τοῖν τρικλῑνῐ́οιν toîn triklīnĭ́oin	τῶν τρικλῑνῐ́ων tôn triklīnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ τρικλῑνῐ́ῳ tôi triklīnĭ́ōi	τοῖν τρικλῑνῐ́οιν toîn triklīnĭ́oin	τοῖς τρικλῑνῐ́οις toîs triklīnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ τρικλῑ́νῐον tò triklī́nĭon	τὼ τρικλῑνῐ́ω tṑ triklīnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ tằ triklī́nĭă
Vocative	τρικλῑ́νῐον triklī́nĭon	τρικλῑνῐ́ω triklīnĭ́ō	τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ triklī́nĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: triclīnium
• Hebrew: טְרַקְלִין

Further reading

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