τριόδους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῐ- (trĭ-, “three”) +‎ ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.ó.duːs/ → /triˈo.ðus/ → /triˈo.ðus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.ó.duːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈo.dus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈo.ðus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈo.ðus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈo.ðus/

Noun

τρῐόδους • (trĭódous) m (genitive τρῐόδοντος); third declension

1. trident, leister, for spearing fish

   Synonym: τρίαινα (tríaina)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ τρῐόδους; τοῦ τρῐόδοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρῐόδους ho trĭódous	τὼ τρῐόδοντε tṑ trĭódonte	οἱ τρῐόδοντες hoi trĭódontes
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐόδοντος toû trĭódontos	τοῖν τρῐοδόντοιν toîn trĭodóntoin	τῶν τρῐοδόντων tôn trĭodóntōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐόδοντῐ tôi trĭódontĭ	τοῖν τρῐοδόντοιν toîn trĭodóntoin	τοῖς τρῐόδουσῐ / τρῐόδουσῐν toîs trĭódousĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν τρῐόδοντᾰ tòn trĭódontă	τὼ τρῐόδοντε tṑ trĭódonte	τοὺς τρῐόδοντᾰς toùs trĭódontăs
Vocative	τρῐόδον trĭódon	τρῐόδοντε trĭódonte	τρῐόδοντες trĭódontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τριοδοντία (triodontía)
• τριοδόντιον (triodóntion)

References

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