τριήρης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
τρῐ- (trĭ-, “three”) + ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tri.ɛ̌ː.rɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /triˈe̝.re̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /triˈi.ris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /triˈi.ris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /triˈi.ris/
Adjective
τρῐήρης • (trĭḗrēs) m or f (neuter τρῐῆρες); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | τρῐήρης trĭḗrēs |
τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήρεις trĭḗreis |
τρῐήρη trĭḗrē | ||||||||
| Genitive | τρῐήρους trĭḗrous |
τρῐήρους trĭḗrous |
τρῐήροιν trĭḗroin |
τρῐήροιν trĭḗroin |
τρῐήρων trĭḗrōn |
τρῐήρων trĭḗrōn | ||||||||
| Dative | τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήροιν trĭḗroin |
τρῐήροιν trĭḗroin |
τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν trĭḗresĭ(n) |
τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν trĭḗresĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | τρῐήρη trĭḗrē |
τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήρεις trĭḗreis |
τρῐήρη trĭḗrē | ||||||||
| Vocative | τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήρεις trĭḗreis |
τρῐήρη trĭḗrē | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τρῐήρως trĭḗrōs |
τρῐηρέστερος trĭērésteros |
τρῐηρέστᾰτος trĭēréstătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | τρῐήρης trĭḗrēs |
τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
τρῐήρεις / τρῐήρεες trĭḗreis / trĭḗrees |
τρῐήρεᾰ trĭḗreă | ||||||||
| Genitive | τρῐήρεος / τρῐήρευς trĭḗreos / trĭḗreus |
τρῐήρεος / τρῐήρευς trĭḗreos / trĭḗreus |
τρῐηρέοιν trĭēréoin |
τρῐηρέοιν trĭēréoin |
τρῐηρέων trĭēréōn |
τρῐηρέων trĭēréōn | ||||||||
| Dative | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεῐ̈ trĭḗrei / trĭḗreĭ̈ |
τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεῐ̈ trĭḗrei / trĭḗreĭ̈ |
τρῐηρέοιν trĭēréoin |
τρῐηρέοιν trĭēréoin |
τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν trĭḗresĭ(n) |
τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν trĭḗresĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | τρῐήρεᾰ trĭḗreă |
τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
τρῐήρεᾰς trĭḗreăs |
τρῐήρεᾰ trĭḗreă | ||||||||
| Vocative | τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
τρῐήρεις / τρῐήρεες trĭḗreis / trĭḗrees |
τρῐήρεᾰ trĭḗreă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τρῐηρέως trĭēréōs |
τρῐηρέστερος trĭērésteros |
τρῐηρέστᾰτος trĭēréstătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Noun
τρῐήρης • (trĭḗrēs) f (genitive τριήρους); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τρῐήρης hē trĭḗrēs |
τὼ τρῐήρει tṑ trĭḗrei |
αἱ τρῐήρεις hai trĭḗreis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τρῐήρους tês trĭḗrous |
τοῖν τρῐήροιν toîn trĭḗroin |
τῶν τρῐήρων tôn trĭḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τρῐήρει tēî trĭḗrei |
τοῖν τρῐήροιν toîn trĭḗroin |
ταῖς τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν taîs trĭḗresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τρῐήρη tḕn trĭḗrē |
τὼ τρῐήρει tṑ trĭḗrei |
τᾱ̀ς τρῐήρεις tā̀s trĭḗreis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐήρει trĭḗrei |
τρῐήρεις trĭḗreis | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τρῐήρης hē trĭḗrēs |
τὼ τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε tṑ trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
αἱ τρῐήρεις / τρῐήρεες hai trĭḗreis / trĭḗrees | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τρῐήρεος / τρῐήρευς tês trĭḗreos / trĭḗreus |
τοῖν τρῐηρέοιν toîn trĭēréoin |
τῶν τρῐηρέων tôn trĭēréōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεῐ̈ tēî trĭḗrei / trĭḗreĭ̈ |
τοῖν τρῐηρέοιν toîn trĭēréoin |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν tēîsĭ(n) trĭḗresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τρῐήρεᾰ tḕn trĭḗreă |
τὼ τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε tṑ trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
τᾱ̀ς τρῐήρεᾰς tā̀s trĭḗreăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρῐῆρες trĭêres |
τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε trĭḗrei / trĭḗree |
τρῐήρεις / τρῐήρεες trĭḗreis / trĭḗrees | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τριήρης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τριήρης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τριήρης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.