τρυτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῡ́ω (trū́ō, “to wear down, exhaust”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, instrumental nominal suffix); it probably refers to the opening in which the tongue moves.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tryː.tá.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tryˈta.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tryˈta.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tryˈta.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈta.ni/

Noun

τρῡτᾰ́νη • (trūtánē) f (genitive τρῡτᾰ́νης); first declension

balance, pair of scales

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρῡτᾰ́νη; τῆς τρῡτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῡτᾰ́νη hē trūtánē	τὼ τρῡτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ trūtánā	αἱ τρῡτᾰ́ναι hai trūtánai
Genitive	τῆς τρῡτᾰ́νης tês trūtánēs	τοῖν τρῡτᾰ́ναιν toîn trūtánain	τῶν τρῡτᾰνῶν tôn trūtanôn
Dative	τῇ τρῡτᾰ́νῃ têi trūtánēi	τοῖν τρῡτᾰ́ναιν toîn trūtánain	ταῖς τρῡτᾰ́ναις taîs trūtánais
Accusative	τὴν τρῡτᾰ́νην tḕn trūtánēn	τὼ τρῡτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ trūtánā	τᾱ̀ς τρῡτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s trūtánās
Vocative	τρῡτᾰ́νη trūtánē	τρῡτᾰ́νᾱ trūtánā	τρῡτᾰ́ναι trūtánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τρῡτανεύω (trūtaneúō)

Descendants

→ Latin: trutina
- Portuguese: trutina

“τρυτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“τρυτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
τρυτάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN