τρικυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῐ- (trĭ-, “three”) +‎ κῦμᾰ (kûmă, “wave”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

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 • (trĭkūmĭ́ā) f (genitive τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

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

Declension

First declension of ἡ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ hē trĭkūmĭ́ā	τὼ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ trĭkūmĭ́ā	αἱ τρῐκῡμῐ́αι hai trĭkūmĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱς tês trĭkūmĭ́ās	τοῖν τρῐκῡμῐ́αιν toîn trĭkūmĭ́ain	τῶν τρῐκῡμῐῶν tôn trĭkūmĭôn
Dative	τῇ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾳ têi trĭkūmĭ́āi	τοῖν τρῐκῡμῐ́αιν toîn trĭkūmĭ́ain	ταῖς τρῐκῡμῐ́αις taîs trĭkūmĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn trĭkūmĭ́ān	τὼ τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ trĭkūmĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s trĭkūmĭ́ās
Vocative	τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ trĭkūmĭ́ā	τρῐκῡμῐ́ᾱ trĭkūmĭ́ā	τρῐκῡμῐ́αι trĭkūmĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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.