τρίπους
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τρῐ́πος (trĭ́pos) — 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 | τρῐ́πους trĭ́pous |
τρῐ́πουν trĭ́poun |
τρῐ́ποδε trĭ́pode |
τρῐ́ποδε trĭ́pode |
τρῐ́ποδες trĭ́podes |
τρῐ́ποδᾰ trĭ́podă | ||||||||
| Genitive | τρῐ́ποδος trĭ́podos |
τρῐ́ποδος trĭ́podos |
τρῐπόδοιν trĭpódoin |
τρῐπόδοιν trĭpódoin |
τρῐπόδων trĭpódōn |
τρῐπόδων trĭpódōn | ||||||||
| Dative | τρῐ́ποδῐ trĭ́podĭ |
τρῐ́ποδῐ trĭ́podĭ |
τρῐπόδοιν trĭpódoin |
τρῐπόδοιν trĭpódoin |
τρῐ́ποσῐ / τρῐ́ποσῐν trĭ́posĭ(n) |
τρῐ́ποσῐ / τρῐ́ποσῐν trĭ́posĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | τρῐ́ποδᾰ trĭ́podă |
τρῐ́πουν trĭ́poun |
τρῐ́ποδε trĭ́pode |
τρῐ́ποδε trĭ́pode |
τρῐ́ποδᾰς trĭ́podăs |
τρῐ́ποδᾰ trĭ́podă | ||||||||
| Vocative | τρῐ́πους trĭ́pous |
τρῐ́πουν trĭ́poun |
τρῐ́ποδε trĭ́pode |
τρῐ́ποδε trĭ́pode |
τρῐ́ποδες trĭ́podes |
τρῐ́ποδᾰ trĭ́podă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τρῐπόδως trĭpódōs |
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Noun
τρῐ́πους • (trĭ́pous) m (genitive τρῐ́ποδος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τρῐ́πους ho trĭ́pous |
τὼ τρῐ́ποδε tṑ trĭ́pode |
οἱ τρῐ́ποδες hoi trĭ́podes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τρῐ́ποδος toû trĭ́podos |
τοῖν τρῐπόδοιν toîn trĭpódoin |
τῶν τρῐπόδων tôn trĭpódōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τρῐ́ποδῐ tōî trĭ́podĭ |
τοῖν τρῐπόδοιν toîn trĭpódoin |
τοῖς τρῐ́ποσῐ / τρῐ́ποσῐν toîs trĭ́posĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τρῐ́ποδᾰ tòn trĭ́podă |
τὼ τρῐ́ποδε tṑ trĭ́pode |
τοὺς τρῐ́ποδᾰς toùs trĭ́podăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρῐ́πους trĭ́pous |
τρῐ́ποδε trĭ́pode |
τρῐ́ποδες trĭ́podes | ||||||||||
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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.