trisagion

See also: Trisagion

English

Noun

trisagion (plural trisagia or trisagions)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Trisagion

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trisagion, from Byzantine Greek τρισάγιον (triságion), from τρίς (trís, “thrice”) + ἅγιον (hágion, “holy”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /trisaˈɡion/ [t̪ri.saˈɡi.on]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: tri‧sa‧gi‧on

Noun

trisagion (plural trisagion-trisagion)

1. (Christianity) Trisagion: A liturgical prayer that runs “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us” in English, typically sung before certain scriptural readings at Eucharistic liturgies in Eastern Christianity, and during the Good Friday Mass in the Roman Rite.

Further reading

• “trisagion” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

• trisagium, trishagium

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek τρισάγιον (triságion), from τρίς (trís, “thrice”) + ἅγιον (hágion, “holy”).

Noun

trisagion n (genitive trisagiī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) Trisagion

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	trisagion	trisagia
genitive	trisagiī	trisagiōrum
dative	trisagiō	trisagiīs
accusative	trisagion	trisagia
ablative	trisagiō	trisagiīs
vocative	trisagion	trisagia

Descendants

• → English: Trisagion

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “trisagion”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC