τρικυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῐ- (tri-, “three”) +‎ κῦμᾰ (kûma, “wave”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.kyː.mí.aː/ → /tri.cyˈmi.a/ → /tri.ciˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.kyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tri.kyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tri.cyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tri.cyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tri.ciˈmi.a/

Noun

τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ • (trikūmíā) f (genitive τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a group of three waves, trifluctuation
2. a mighty wave or swell

Declension

First declension of ἡ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ hē trikūmíā	τὼ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ trikūmíā	αἱ τρῐκῡμῐ́αι hai trikūmíai
Genitive	τῆς τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱς tês trikūmíās	τοῖν τρῐκῡμῐ́αιν toîn trikūmíain	τῶν τρῐκῡμῐῶν tôn trikūmiôn
Dative	τῇ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾳ têi trikūmíāi	τοῖν τρῐκῡμῐ́αιν toîn trikūmíain	ταῖς τρῐκῡμῐ́αις taîs trikūmíais
Accusative	τὴν τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn trikūmíān	τὼ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ trikūmíā	τᾱ̀ς τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s trikūmíās
Vocative	τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ trikūmíā	τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ trikūmíā	τρῐκῡμῐ́αι trikūmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ κᾰκῶν (trikūmíā kakôn, “a trifluctuation of evils”)

References

• “τρικυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρικυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρικυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • billow idem, page 79.
  • crop idem, page 185.
  • flood idem, page 329.
  • sea idem, page 744.
  • storm idem, page 821.
  • wave idem, page 967.