τριγενής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
τρῐ- (trĭ-) + -γενής (-genḗs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tri.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tri.ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/
Adjective
τρῐγενής • (trĭgenḗs) m or f (neuter τρῐγενές); third declension
- (of the three stages in the life of moths and the like) thrice-born
- of threefold gender
- of three kinds; threefold, triple
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | τρῐγενής trĭgenḗs |
τρῐγενές trĭgenés |
τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî |
τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî |
τρῐγενεῖς trĭgeneîs |
τρῐγενῆ trĭgenê | ||||||||
| Genitive | τρῐγενοῦς trĭgenoûs |
τρῐγενοῦς trĭgenoûs |
τρῐγενοῖν trĭgenoîn |
τρῐγενοῖν trĭgenoîn |
τρῐγενῶν trĭgenôn |
τρῐγενῶν trĭgenôn | ||||||||
| Dative | τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî |
τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî |
τρῐγενοῖν trĭgenoîn |
τρῐγενοῖν trĭgenoîn |
τρῐγενέσῐ / τρῐγενέσῐν trĭgenésĭ(n) |
τρῐγενέσῐ / τρῐγενέσῐν trĭgenésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | τρῐγενῆ trĭgenê |
τρῐγενές trĭgenés |
τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî |
τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî |
τρῐγενεῖς trĭgeneîs |
τρῐγενῆ trĭgenê | ||||||||
| Vocative | τρῐγενές trĭgenés |
τρῐγενές trĭgenés |
τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî |
τρῐγενεῖ trĭgeneî |
τρῐγενεῖς trĭgeneîs |
τρῐγενῆ trĭgenê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τρῐγενῶς trĭgenôs |
τρῐγενέστερος trĭgenésteros |
τρῐγενέστᾰτος trĭgenéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: trigenous
References
- “τριγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press