"τρίαινα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τρίαινα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /trí.ai̯.na/, /ˈtri.ɛ.na/, /ˈtri.e.na/, /trí.ai̯.na/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈtri.ɛ.na/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈtri.ɛ.na/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈtri.e.na/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈtri.e.na/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + -αινᾰ (-aină). Chantraine considers a folk-etymological transformation after the numeral. Furnée compares τρίναξ (trínax, “instrument used in agriculture”) and θρῖναξ (thrînax, “three-pronged fork”), and asks whether the word could be a transformation of a Pre-Greek loan for an agricultural tool. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|τρεῖς|-αινᾰ|t1=three}} τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + -αινᾰ (-aină), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|τρῐ́αινᾰ|τρῐαίνης|f|first}} τρῐ́αινᾰ • (trĭ́aină) f (genitive τρῐαίνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τρῐ́αινᾰ|ης}} Forms: τρῐ́αινᾰ [canonical], trĭ́aină [romanization], τρῐαίνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ τρῐ́αινᾰ [nominative, singular], τρῐαίνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ τρῐ́αιναι [nominative, plural], τῆς τρῐαίνης [genitive, singular], τρῐαίναιν [dual, genitive], τρῐαινῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ τρῐαίνῃ [dative, singular], τρῐαίναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς τρῐαίναις [dative, plural], τὴν τρῐ́αινᾰν [accusative, singular], τρῐαίνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς τρῐαίνᾱς [accusative, plural], τρῐ́αινᾰ [singular, vocative], τρῐαίνᾱ [dual, vocative], τρῐ́αιναι [plural, vocative]
  1. trident, the badge of Poseidon Synonyms: τριόδους
    Sense id: en-τρίαινα-grc-noun-ZKwvjCSx Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -αινα, Greek mythology Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 34 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 63 17 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -αινα: 55 27 18 Disambiguation of Greek mythology: 51 12 37
  2. three-pronged fork Synonyms: θρῖναξ
    Sense id: en-τρίαινα-grc-noun-n8vsTMVf Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Three, Weapons Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 61 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 76 8 Disambiguation of Three: 7 87 7 Disambiguation of Weapons: 7 85 8
  3. (surgery) kind of cautery
    Sense id: en-τρίαινα-grc-noun-XYoj0Thj Categories (other): Surgery, Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 23 23 53 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: τριαινατῆρες (triainatêres), τριαινοειδής (triainoeidḗs), τριαινοῦχος (triainoûkhos), τριαινόω (triainóō), τριαινώδης (triainṓdēs)
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    {
      "ipa": "/trí.ai̯.na/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtri.ɛ.na/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtri.ɛ.na/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtri.e.na/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtri.e.na/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τρίαινα"
}

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