τρήρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Because of the Doric forms τρᾱρόν (trārón), and ταρόν (tarón) with dissimilation, we must start from *τρασ-ρόν, with a zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *tres- (“to tremble”), the same root of τρέω (tréō), and thus cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (trər^əsaⁱti), Latin terreo, Old Irish tarrach, Lithuanian trišu, Latvian trisēt, Old Church Slavonic трѧсти (tręsti), Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati). Not related to ὀτρηρός (otrērós, “quick, nimble”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trɛ̌ː.rɔːn/ → /ˈtri.ron/ → /ˈtri.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trɛ̌ː.rɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtre̝.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ron/

Adjective

τρήρων • (trḗrōn) m or f; third declension

1. (of doves) timorous, shy, pavid

Inflection

Occurs only in the masculine and feminine.

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ τρήρων; τοῦ, τῆς τρήρωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ τρήρων ho, hē trḗrōn	τὼ τρήρωνε tṑ trḗrōne	οἱ, αἱ τρήρωνες hoi, hai trḗrōnes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς τρήρωνος toû, tês trḗrōnos	τοῖν τρηρώνοιν toîn trērṓnoin	τῶν τρηρώνων tôn trērṓnōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ τρήρωνῐ tôi, têi trḗrōni	τοῖν τρηρώνοιν toîn trērṓnoin	τοῖς, ταῖς τρήρωσῐ / τρήρωσῐν toîs, taîs trḗrōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν τρήρωνᾰ tòn, tḕn trḗrōna	τὼ τρήρωνε tṑ trḗrōne	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς τρήρωνᾰς toùs, tā̀s trḗrōnas
Vocative	τρήρων trḗrōn	τρήρωνε trḗrōne	τρήρωνες trḗrōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐτρήρων (eutrḗrōn)
• πολῠτρήρων (polutrḗrōn)

Descendants

• Koine Greek: τρηρός (trērós)
  • Byzantine Greek: τρελός (trelós)
    • Greek: τρελός (trelós)

Further reading

• “τρήρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρήρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τρήρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τρήρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τρήρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τρήρων”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1508