-τρις

-τρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From -τρος (-tros) or a similar zero-grade masculine agent-noun suffix + -ίς (-ís, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trís/ → /tris/ → /tris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tris/

Suffix

-τρῐ́ς • (-trís) f (genitive -τρῐ́δος); third declension

1. Added to verb stems to form feminine agent nouns. Usually accented on the ultima.

   ‎αὐλέω (auléō, “to play the flute”) + ‎-τρις (-tris) → ‎αὐλητρίς (aulētrís, “flute-girl”)

Inflection

Third declension of -τρῐ́ς; -τρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-τρῐ́ς -trís	-τρῐ́δε -tríde	-τρῐ́δες -trídes
Genitive	-τρῐ́δος -trídos	-τρῐ́δοιν -trídoin	-τρῐ́δων -trídōn
Dative	-τρῐ́δῐ -trídi	-τρῐ́δοιν -trídoin	-τρῐ́σῐ / -τρῐ́σῐν -trísi(n)
Accusative	-τρῐ́δᾰ -trída	-τρῐ́δε -tríde	-τρῐ́δᾰς -trídas
Vocative	-τρῐ́ς -trís	-τρῐ́δε -tríde	-τρῐ́δες -trídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρις

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, §§ 839.b.1, 863.a.3