τρισάθλιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τρῐ́ς (trĭ́s, “thrice”) +‎ ἄθλῐος (áthlĭos, “unhappy”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.sǎː.tʰli.os/ → /triˈsa.θli.os/ → /triˈsa.θli.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.sǎː.tʰli.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈsa.tʰli.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈsa.θli.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈsa.θli.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈsa.θli.os/

Adjective

τρῐσᾱ́θλῐος • (trĭsā́thlĭos) m (feminine τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ, neuter τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον); first/second declension

1. thrice unhappy
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 372
   • 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 242
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, The Girl who has her hair cropped 150
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Misumenus 40
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Cock 24

Declension

First and second declension of τρῐσᾱ́θλῐος; τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ; τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐος trĭsā́thlĭos	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trĭsāthlĭ́ā	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον trĭsā́thlĭon		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trĭsāthlĭ́ō	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trĭsāthlĭ́ā	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trĭsāthlĭ́ō		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐοι trĭsā́thlĭoi	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐαι trĭsā́thlĭai	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐᾰ trĭsā́thlĭă
Genitive		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ου trĭsāthlĭ́ou	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱς trĭsāthlĭ́ās	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ου trĭsāthlĭ́ou		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οιν trĭsāthlĭ́oin	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́αιν trĭsāthlĭ́ain	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οιν trĭsāthlĭ́oin		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ων trĭsāthlĭ́ōn	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ων trĭsāthlĭ́ōn	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ων trĭsāthlĭ́ōn
Dative		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ῳ trĭsāthlĭ́ōi	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾳ trĭsāthlĭ́āi	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ῳ trĭsāthlĭ́ōi		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οιν trĭsāthlĭ́oin	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́αιν trĭsāthlĭ́ain	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οιν trĭsāthlĭ́oin		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οις trĭsāthlĭ́ois	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́αις trĭsāthlĭ́ais	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οις trĭsāthlĭ́ois
Accusative		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον trĭsā́thlĭon	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱν trĭsāthlĭ́ān	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον trĭsā́thlĭon		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trĭsāthlĭ́ō	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trĭsāthlĭ́ā	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trĭsāthlĭ́ō		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ους trĭsāthlĭ́ous	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱς trĭsāthlĭ́ās	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐᾰ trĭsā́thlĭă
Vocative		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐε trĭsā́thlĭe	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trĭsāthlĭ́ā	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον trĭsā́thlĭon		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trĭsāthlĭ́ō	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trĭsāthlĭ́ā	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trĭsāthlĭ́ō		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐοι trĭsā́thlĭoi	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐαι trĭsā́thlĭai	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐᾰ trĭsā́thlĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ως trĭsāthlĭ́ōs				τρῐσᾱθλῐώτερος trĭsāthlĭṓteros				τρῐσᾱθλῐώτᾰτος trĭsāthlĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τρισάθλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρισάθλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρισάθλιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette