τρίγλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τρίγλα (trígla), τρῖγλα (trîgla) — Doric

Etymology

According to Beekes from τρίζω (trízō, “to crackle, crepitate”), referring to the grunting sound from the friction of the gill cover bones when the fish is taken out of the water.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trǐː.ɡlɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɡle̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɣli/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɣli/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɣli/

Noun

τρῑ́γλη • (trī́glē) f (genitive τρῑ́γλης); first declension

red mullet (Mullus barbatus)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρῑ́γλη; τῆς τρῑ́γλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῑ́γλη hē trī́glē	τὼ τρῑ́γλᾱ tṑ trī́glā	αἱ τρῖγλαι hai trîglai
Genitive	τῆς τρῑ́γλης tês trī́glēs	τοῖν τρῑ́γλαιν toîn trī́glain	τῶν τρῑγλῶν tôn trīglôn
Dative	τῇ τρῑ́γλῃ tēî trī́glēi	τοῖν τρῑ́γλαιν toîn trī́glain	ταῖς τρῑ́γλαις taîs trī́glais
Accusative	τὴν τρῑ́γλην tḕn trī́glēn	τὼ τρῑ́γλᾱ tṑ trī́glā	τᾱ̀ς τρῑ́γλᾱς tā̀s trī́glās
Vocative	τρῑ́γλη trī́glē	τρῑ́γλᾱ trī́glā	τρῖγλαι trîglai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τρῑγλίον (trīglíon)
τρῑγλίς (trīglís)
τρῑγλῖτις (trīglîtis)

Descendants

Greek: τρίγλη (trígli)
→ Italian: triglia

References

“τρίγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“τρίγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
τρίγλη 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

Greek

Noun

τρίγλη • (trígli) f (plural τρίγλες)

gurnard (Triglidae)

Declension

Declension of **τρίγλη**
	singular	plural
nominative	τρίγλη (trígli)	τρίγλες (trígles)
genitive	τρίγλης (tríglis)	τριγλών (triglón)
accusative	τρίγλη (trígli)	τρίγλες (trígles)
vocative	τρίγλη (trígli)	τρίγλες (trígles)

Synonyms

μπαρμπούνι n (barmpoúni)