Τριτογένεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Τρῑτογενής (Trītogenḗs)

Etymology

From τρῐ́τος (trítos) + γεν- (gen-), the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai), -ειᾰ (-eia, feminine 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–short of *Τρῐτογένειᾰ (*Tritogéneia) would break the rules of dactylic hexameter.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /triː.to.ɡé.neː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tri.toˈɡe.ni.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tri.toˈʝe.ni.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tri.toˈʝe.ni.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tri.toˈʝe.ni.a/

Proper noun

Τρῑτογένειᾰ • (Trītogéneia) f (genitive Τρῑτογενείᾱς); first declension

Tritogenia (an epithet of Athena)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Τρῑτογένειᾰ; τῆς Τρῑτογενείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Τρῑτογένειᾰ hē Trītogéneia	τὼ Τρῑτογενείᾱ tṑ Trītogeneíā	αἱ Τρῑτογένειαι hai Trītogéneiai
Genitive	τῆς Τρῑτογενείᾱς tês Trītogeneíās	τοῖν Τρῑτογενείαιν toîn Trītogeneíain	τῶν Τρῑτογενειῶν tôn Trītogeneiôn
Dative	τῇ Τρῑτογενείᾳ têi Trītogeneíāi	τοῖν Τρῑτογενείαιν toîn Trītogeneíain	ταῖς Τρῑτογενείαις taîs Trītogeneíais
Accusative	τὴν Τρῑτογένειᾰν tḕn Trītogéneian	τὼ Τρῑτογενείᾱ tṑ Trītogeneíā	τᾱ̀ς Τρῑτογενείᾱς tā̀s Trītogeneíās
Vocative	Τρῑτογένειᾰ Trītogéneia	Τρῑτογενείᾱ Trītogeneíā	Τρῑτογένειαι Trītogéneiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Τριτογένεια (Tritogéneia)
Latin: Trītogenīa

References

“Τριτογένεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Τριτογένεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Τριτογένεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Τριτογένεια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028