θρῖον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from τρίς (trís, “three”), because of the three lobes of the figleaf. According to Beekes, it is a Mediterranean word and compares the word with θρινία (thrinía, “vine in Crete”). Perhaps from Pre-Greek and related to θρίαμβος (thríambos, “thriambus”), θρίδαξ (thrídax, “lettuce”) and θρῖναξ (thrînax, “trident”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰrîː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθri.on/
Noun
θρῖον • (thrîon) n (genitive θρῑ́ου); second declension
- fig leaf
- mixture of eggs, milk, lard, honey, cheese wrapped in figleaves
Declension
Second declension of τὸ θρῖον; τοῦ θρῑ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ θρῖον tò thrîon | τὼ θρῑ́ω tṑ thrī́ō | τᾰ̀ θρῖᾰ tà thrîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θρῑ́ου toû thrī́ou | τοῖν θρῑ́οιν toîn thrī́oin | τῶν θρῑ́ων tôn thrī́ōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θρῑ́ῳ tôi thrī́ōi | θρῑ́οιν thrī́oin | τοῖς θρῑ́οις toîs thrī́ois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ θρῖον tò thrîon | θρῑ́ω thrī́ō | τᾰ̀ θρῖᾰ tà thrîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | θρῖον thrîon | θρῑ́ω thrī́ō | θρῖᾰ thrîa | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λεπτόθρῐον (leptóthrion)
Further reading
- θρῖον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θρῖον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- θρῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN