trygon
See also: Trygon
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρῡγών (trūgṓn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtryː.ɡoːn/, [ˈt̪ryːɡoːn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ɡon/, [ˈt̪riːɡon]
Noun
trȳgōn m (genitive trȳgōnis); third declension
- stingray (fish, Dasyatis pastinaca)
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9:[1]
- Sed nūllum usquam execrābilius quam radius super caudam ēminēns trȳgōnis, quam nostrī pastinācam appellant, quīncunciālī magnitūdine: arborēs īnfīxus rādīcī necat, arma ut tēlum perforat vī ferrī et venēnī malō.
- But nothing anywhere is as detestable as the spine projecting above the tail of the sting ray, called by us 'parsnip', of five twelfths of a foot in size: it kills trees when driven to the root, punctures weapons like a sword with the force of iron and the evilness of venom.
- Sed nūllum usquam execrābilius quam radius super caudam ēminēns trȳgōnis, quam nostrī pastinācam appellant, quīncunciālī magnitūdine: arborēs īnfīxus rādīcī necat, arma ut tēlum perforat vī ferrī et venēnī malō.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trȳgōn | trȳgōnēs |
| Genitive | trȳgōnis | trȳgōnum |
| Dative | trȳgōnī | trȳgōnibus |
| Accusative | trȳgōnem | trȳgōnēs |
| Ablative | trȳgōne | trȳgōnibus |
| Vocative | trȳgōn | trȳgōnēs |
See also
- raia
References
- “trygon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trygon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0138%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D81