τρίβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

τρῐ́βολος • (trĭ́bolos) m (genitive τρῐβόλου); second declension

  1. name of various prickly plants:
    1. water chestnut (Trapa natans)
    2. caltrop (Tribulus terrestris)
    3. Virgin's mantle (Fagonia cretica)
    4. prickly parsnip (Echinophora spinosa)
  2. caltrop, a four-spiked implement thrown on the ground to lame the enemy's horses
  3. larger contrivance for stopping boulders thrown down a slope
  4. instrument hung from the walls of a fortress as a defence against battering rams
  5. kind of incendiary missile
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ τρῐ́βολος; τοῦ τρῐβόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τρῐ́βολος
ho trĭ́bolos 		τὼ τρῐβόλω
tṑ trĭbólō 		οἱ τρῐ́βολοι
hoi trĭ́boloi
Genitive τοῦ τρῐβόλου
toû trĭbólou 		τοῖν τρῐβόλοιν
toîn trĭbóloin 		τῶν τρῐβόλων
tôn trĭbólōn
Dative τῷ τρῐβόλῳ
tōî trĭbólōi 		τοῖν τρῐβόλοιν
toîn trĭbóloin 		τοῖς τρῐβόλοις
toîs trĭbólois
Accusative τὸν τρῐ́βολον
tòn trĭ́bolon 		τὼ τρῐβόλω
tṑ trĭbólō 		τοὺς τρῐβόλους
toùs trĭbólous
Vocative τρῐ́βολε
trĭ́bole 		τρῐβόλω
trĭbólō 		τρῐ́βολοι
trĭ́boloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
  • τρῐβολοειδῶς (trĭboloeidôs)
Descendants
  • → Latin: tribulus
References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin trībulum (“threshing sledge”).

Alternative forms

  • τρίβολα f (tríbola)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τρίβολος • (tríbolos) m (genitive τρῑ́βόλου); second declension

  1. threshing sledge, a board with sharp stones fixed in the bottom
    Synonym: τυκάνη (tukánē)
  2. part of the bit of a bridle
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ τρῑ́βολος; τοῦ τρῑβόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τρῑ́βολος
ho trī́bolos 		τὼ τρῑβόλω
tṑ trībólō 		οἱ τρῑ́βολοι
hoi trī́boloi
Genitive τοῦ τρῑβόλου
toû trībólou 		τοῖν τρῑβόλοιν
toîn trībóloin 		τῶν τρῑβόλων
tôn trībólōn
Dative τῷ τρῑβόλῳ
tōî trībólōi 		τοῖν τρῑβόλοιν
toîn trībóloin 		τοῖς τρῑβόλοις
toîs trībólois
Accusative τὸν τρῑ́βολον
tòn trī́bolon 		τὼ τρῑβόλω
tṑ trībólō 		τοὺς τρῑβόλους
toùs trībólous
Vocative τρῑ́βολε
trī́bole 		τρῑβόλω
trībólō 		τρῑ́βολοι
trī́boloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Aramaic:
    Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܐܛܪ̈ܘܒܝܠܐ
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: טַּרְבָּל (ṭarbāl), טּוּרְבִּיל (ṭurbīl)

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