τρικλίνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρίκλῑνος (tríklīnos, “dining room”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tri.klǐː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
Noun
τρικλῑ́νῐον • (triklī́nĭon) n (genitive τρικλῑνίου); second declension
- A dining room with three couches
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ τρικλῑ́νῐον tò triklī́nĭon |
τὼ τρικλῑνῐ́ω tṑ triklīnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ tằ triklī́nĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τρικλῑνῐ́ου toû triklīnĭ́ou |
τοῖν τρικλῑνῐ́οιν toîn triklīnĭ́oin |
τῶν τρικλῑνῐ́ων tôn triklīnĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τρικλῑνῐ́ῳ tōî triklīnĭ́ōi |
τοῖν τρικλῑνῐ́οιν toîn triklīnĭ́oin |
τοῖς τρικλῑνῐ́οις toîs triklīnĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τρικλῑ́νῐον tò triklī́nĭon |
τὼ τρικλῑνῐ́ω tṑ triklīnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ tằ triklī́nĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρικλῑ́νῐον triklī́nĭon |
τρικλῑνῐ́ω triklīnĭ́ō |
τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ triklī́nĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: triclīnium
- Hebrew: טְרַקְלִין
Further reading
- “τρικλίνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τρικλίνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette