τρυγών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρύζω (trúzō, “to coo”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tryː.ɡɔ̌ːn/ → /tryˈɣon/ → /triˈɣon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tryː.ɡɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tryˈɡon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tryˈɣon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tryˈɣon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈɣon/

Noun

τρῡγών • (trūgṓn) f (genitive τρυγόνος); third declension

1. turtle dove
2. stingray

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τρῡγών; τῆς τρῡγόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῡγών hē trūgṓn	τὼ τρῡγόνε tṑ trūgóne	αἱ τρῡγόνες hai trūgónes
Genitive	τῆς τρῡγόνος tês trūgónos	τοῖν τρῡγόνοιν toîn trūgónoin	τῶν τρῡγόνων tôn trūgónōn
Dative	τῇ τρῡγόνῐ têi trūgóni	τοῖν τρῡγόνοιν toîn trūgónoin	ταῖς τρῡγόσῐ / τρῡγόσῐν taîs trūgósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρῡγόνᾰ tḕn trūgóna	τὼ τρῡγόνε tṑ trūgóne	τᾱ̀ς τρῡγόνᾰς tā̀s trūgónas
Vocative	τρῡγών trūgṓn	τρῡγόνε trūgóne	τρῡγόνες trūgónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρῡγόνιον n (trūgónion) (diminutive)

Descendants

• → Latin: trȳgōn f (“turtle dove”), trȳgōn m (“stingray”)
  • Italian: trigone
  • Translingual: Trygon (“Trygon”)
  • Greek: τρυγόνι (trygóni) (from τρῡγόνιον (trūgónion), the diminutive of τρυγών (trugṓn))

References

• “τρυγών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τρυγών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette