τριβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”) +‎ -άς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τρῐβᾰ́ς • (trĭbắs) f (genitive τρῐβᾰδός); third declension

  1. lesbian, woman who has sex with women
Declension
Third declension of ἡ τρῐβᾰ́ς; τῆς τρῐβᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τρῐβᾰ́ς
hē trĭbắs 		τὼ τρῐβᾰ́δε
tṑ trĭbắde 		αἱ τρῐβᾰ́δες
hai trĭbắdes
Genitive τῆς τρῐβᾰ́δος
tês trĭbắdos 		τοῖν τρῐβᾰ́δοιν
toîn trĭbắdoin 		τῶν τρῐβᾰ́δων
tôn trĭbắdōn
Dative τῇ τρῐβᾰ́δῐ
tēî trĭbắdĭ 		τοῖν τρῐβᾰ́δοιν
toîn trĭbắdoin 		ταῖς τρῐβᾰ́σῐ / τρῐβᾰ́σῐν
taîs trĭbắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν τρῐβᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn trĭbắdă 		τὼ τρῐβᾰ́δε
tṑ trĭbắde 		τᾱ̀ς τρῐβᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s trĭbắdăs
Vocative τρῐβᾰ́ς
trĭbắs 		τρῐβᾰ́δε
trĭbắde 		τρῐβᾰ́δες
trĭbắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.
Descendants
  • → Latin: tribas
    • → Dutch: tribade
    • → English: tribade, tribadism
    • French: tribade
    • Portuguese: tríbade

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τρῐβᾱ́ς • (trĭbā́s)

  1. accusative plural of τρῐβή (trĭbḗ)
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