τρισάθλιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τρῐ́ς (trís, “thrice”) +‎ ἄθλῐος (áthlios, “unhappy”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.sǎː.tʰli.os/ → /triˈsa.θli.os/ → /triˈsa.θli.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.sǎː.tʰli.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈsa.tʰli.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈsa.θli.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈsa.θli.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈsa.θli.os/

Adjective

τρῐσᾱ́θλῐος • (trisā́thlios) m (feminine τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ, neuter τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον); first/second declension

1. thrice unhappy
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 372
   • 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 242
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, The Girl who has her hair cropped 150
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Misumenus 40
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Cock 24

Declension

First and second declension of τρῐσᾱ́θλῐος; τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ; τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐος trisā́thlios	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trisāthlíā	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον trisā́thlion		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trisāthlíō	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trisāthlíā	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trisāthlíō		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐοι trisā́thlioi	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐαι trisā́thliai	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐᾰ trisā́thlia
Genitive		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ου trisāthlíou	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱς trisāthlíās	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ου trisāthlíou		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οιν trisāthlíoin	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́αιν trisāthlíain	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οιν trisāthlíoin		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ων trisāthlíōn	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ων trisāthlíōn	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ων trisāthlíōn
Dative		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ῳ trisāthlíōi	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾳ trisāthlíāi	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ῳ trisāthlíōi		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οιν trisāthlíoin	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́αιν trisāthlíain	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οιν trisāthlíoin		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οις trisāthlíois	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́αις trisāthlíais	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́οις trisāthlíois
Accusative		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον trisā́thlion	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱν trisāthlíān	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον trisā́thlion		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trisāthlíō	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trisāthlíā	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trisāthlíō		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ους trisāthlíous	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱς trisāthlíās	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐᾰ trisā́thlia
Vocative		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐε trisā́thlie	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trisāthlíā	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐον trisā́thlion		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trisāthlíō	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ᾱ trisāthlíā	τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ω trisāthlíō		τρῐσᾱ́θλῐοι trisā́thlioi	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐαι trisā́thliai	τρῐσᾱ́θλῐᾰ trisā́thlia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῐσᾱθλῐ́ως trisāthlíōs				τρῐσᾱθλῐώτερος trisāthliṓteros				τρῐσᾱθλῐώτᾰτος trisāthliṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τρισάθλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρισάθλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρισάθλιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette