Τριτογενής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Τρῑτογένειᾰ (Trītogéneia)

Etymology

From τρῐ́τος (trítos) + γεν- (gen-), the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai), -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix). The ῐ (i) of τρῐ́τος (trítos) is lengthened to ῑ (ī) for the sake of meter: the three short syllables in the sequence short–short–short–long–long of *Τρῐτογενής (*Tritogenḗs) would break the rules of dactylic hexameter.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /triː.to.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tri.to.ɡeˈne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tri.to.ʝeˈnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tri.to.ʝeˈnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tri.to.ʝeˈnis/

Proper noun

Τρῑτογενής • (Trītogenḗs) f (genitive Τρῑτογενοῦς); third declension

Tritogenia (an epithet of Athena)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Τρῑτογενής; τῆς Τρῑτογενοῦς (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τρῑτογενής hē Trītogenḗs
Genitive	τῆς Τρῑτογενοῦς tês Trītogenoûs
Dative	τῇ Τρῑτογενεῖ têi Trītogeneî
Accusative	τὴν Τρῑτογενῆ tḕn Trītogenê
Vocative	Τρῑτογενές Trītogenés
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Τριτογενής (Tritogenís)
Latin: Trītogenēs

References

“Τριτογενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028