τριγενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τρῐ- (tri-) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /tri.ʝeˈnis/ → /tri.ʝeˈnis/

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

Adjective

τρῐγενής • (trigenḗs) m or f (neuter τρῐγενές); third declension

1. (of the three stages in the life of moths and the like) thrice-born
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 759a.3
2. of threefold gender
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 61.18
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 105.23
3. of three kinds; threefold, triple
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 14.698
   • c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Theological principles of arithmetic 35

Declension

Third declension of τρῐγενής; τρῐγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῐγενής trigenḗs	τρῐγενές trigenés		τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî	τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî		τρῐγενεῖς trigeneîs	τρῐγενῆ trigenê
Genitive		τρῐγενοῦς trigenoûs	τρῐγενοῦς trigenoûs		τρῐγενοῖν trigenoîn	τρῐγενοῖν trigenoîn		τρῐγενῶν trigenôn	τρῐγενῶν trigenôn
Dative		τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî	τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî		τρῐγενοῖν trigenoîn	τρῐγενοῖν trigenoîn		τρῐγενέσῐ / τρῐγενέσῐν trigenési(n)	τρῐγενέσῐ / τρῐγενέσῐν trigenési(n)
Accusative		τρῐγενῆ trigenê	τρῐγενές trigenés		τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî	τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî		τρῐγενεῖς trigeneîs	τρῐγενῆ trigenê
Vocative		τρῐγενές trigenés	τρῐγενές trigenés		τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî	τρῐγενεῖ trigeneî		τρῐγενεῖς trigeneîs	τρῐγενῆ trigenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τρῐγενῶς trigenôs			τρῐγενέστερος trigenésteros			τρῐγενέστᾰτος trigenéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: trigenous

References

• “τριγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press