τρίπους
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τρίπος (trípos) — Epic
Etymology
From τρῐ- (trĭ-, “three”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀴𐀪𐀡 (ti-ri-po).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trí.puːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pus/
Adjective
τρῐ́πους • (trĭ́pous) m or f (neuter τρῐ́πουν); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | τρίπους trípous |
τρίπουν trípoun |
τρίποδε trípode |
τρίποδε trípode |
τρίποδες trípodes |
τρίποδᾰ trípodă | ||||||||
| Genitive | τρίποδος trípodos |
τρίποδος trípodos |
τριπόδοιν tripódoin |
τριπόδοιν tripódoin |
τριπόδων tripódōn |
τριπόδων tripódōn | ||||||||
| Dative | τρίποδῐ trípodĭ |
τρίποδῐ trípodĭ |
τριπόδοιν tripódoin |
τριπόδοιν tripódoin |
τρίποσῐ / τρίποσῐν tríposĭ(n) |
τρίποσῐ / τρίποσῐν tríposĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | τρίποδᾰ trípodă |
τρίπουν trípoun |
τρίποδε trípode |
τρίποδε trípode |
τρίποδᾰς trípodăs |
τρίποδᾰ trípodă | ||||||||
| Vocative | τρίπους trípous |
τρίπουν trípoun |
τρίποδε trípode |
τρίποδε trípode |
τρίποδες trípodes |
τρίποδᾰ trípodă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τριπόδως tripódōs |
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Noun
τρίπους • (trípous) m (genitive τρίποδος); ? declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τρίπους ho trípous |
τὼ τρίποδε tṑ trípode |
οἱ τρίποδες hoi trípodes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τρίποδος toû trípodos |
τοῖν τριπόδοιν toîn tripódoin |
τῶν τριπόδων tôn tripódōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τρίποδῐ tōî trípodĭ |
τοῖν τριπόδοιν toîn tripódoin |
τοῖς τρίποσῐ / τρίποσῐν toîs tríposĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τρίποδᾰ tòn trípodă |
τὼ τρίποδε tṑ trípode |
τοὺς τρίποδᾰς toùs trípodăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρίπους trípous |
τρίποδε trípode |
τρίποδες trípodes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
- → Latin: tripūs
References
- “τρίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τρίπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “τρίπους”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.