τριγενής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
τρῐ- (tri-) + -γενής (-genḗs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tri.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tri.ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tri.ʝeˈnis/
Adjective
τρῐγενής • (trigenḗs) m or f (neuter τρῐγενές); third declension
- (of the three stages in the life of moths and the like) thrice-born
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 759a.3
- of threefold gender
- 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 61.18
- 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 105.23
- of three kinds; threefold, triple
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 14.698
- 245 CE – 325 CE, Iamblichus, Theological principles of arithmetic 35
Declension
Third declension of τρῐγενής; τρῐγενές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | τρῐγενής trigenḗs | τρῐγενές trigenés | τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî | τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî | τρῐγενεῖς trigeneîs | τρῐγενῆ trigenê | ||||||||
Genitive | τρῐγενοῦς trigenoûs | τρῐγενοῦς trigenoûs | τρῐγενοῖν trigenoîn | τρῐγενοῖν trigenoîn | τρῐγενῶν trigenôn | τρῐγενῶν trigenôn | ||||||||
Dative | τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî | τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî | τρῐγενοῖν trigenoîn | τρῐγενοῖν trigenoîn | τρῐγενέσῐ / τρῐγενέσῐν trigenési(n) | τρῐγενέσῐ / τρῐγενέσῐν trigenési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | τρῐγενῆ trigenê | τρῐγενές trigenés | τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî | τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî | τρῐγενεῖς trigeneîs | τρῐγενῆ trigenê | ||||||||
Vocative | τρῐγενές trigenés | τρῐγενές trigenés | τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî | τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî | τρῐγενεῖς trigeneîs | τρῐγενῆ trigenê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τρῐγενῶς trigenôs | τρῐγενέστερος trigenésteros | τρῐγενέστᾰτος trigenéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: trigenous
References
- “τριγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press