τριπόλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From of τρι- (tri-, three) +‎ πόλιον (pólion, “felty germander”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.pó.li.on/ → /triˈpo.li.on/ → /triˈpo.li.on/

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

Noun

τρῐπόλῐον • (trĭpólĭon) n (genitive τρῐπολῐ́ου); second declension

1. sea aster (Tripolium pannonicum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῐπόλῐον; τοῦ τρῐπολῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῐπόλῐον tò trĭpólĭon	τὼ τρῐπολῐ́ω tṑ trĭpolĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τρῐπόλῐᾰ tằ trĭpólĭă
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐπολῐ́ου toû trĭpolĭ́ou	τοῖν τρῐπολῐ́οιν toîn trĭpolĭ́oin	τῶν τρῐπολῐ́ων tôn trĭpolĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐπολῐ́ῳ tôi trĭpolĭ́ōi	τοῖν τρῐπολῐ́οιν toîn trĭpolĭ́oin	τοῖς τρῐπολῐ́οις toîs trĭpolĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ τρῐπόλῐον tò trĭpólĭon	τὼ τρῐπολῐ́ω tṑ trĭpolĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τρῐπόλῐᾰ tằ trĭpólĭă
Vocative	τρῐπόλῐον trĭpólĭon	τρῐπολῐ́ω trĭpolĭ́ō	τρῐπόλῐᾰ trĭpólĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Tripolium

Further reading

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