Τρίτων

See also: τρίτων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain etymology. Related to the second combining form of Ἀμφιτρίτη f (Amphitrítē), his mother's name. Neither belongs to the Τριτογένεια (Tritogéneia) etymological group.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) It has been connected to Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs, “three”), in reference to his trident, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Also connected to Old Irish triath. Not related to Ἀμφιτρύων (Amphitrúōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trǐː.tɔːn/ → /ˈtri.ton/ → /ˈtri.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trǐː.tɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ton/

Proper noun

Τρῑ́των • (Trī́tōn) m (genitive Τρῑ́τωνος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Triton (god of the sea, son of Poseidon)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Τρῑ́των; τοῦ Τρῑ́τωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τρῑ́των ho Trī́tōn
Genitive	τοῦ Τρῑ́τωνος toû Trī́tōnos
Dative	τῷ Τρῑ́τωνῐ tôi Trī́tōni
Accusative	τὸν Τρῑ́τωνᾰ tòn Trī́tōna
Vocative	Τρῑ́των Trī́tōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Τρίτων

• → Arabic: تريتون
• → Bulgarian: Тритон (Triton)
• → Danish: Triton
• → Dutch: Triton
• → English: Triton
• → Estonian: Triton
• → Finnish: Triton
• → French: Triton
• → Galician: Tritón
• → German: Triton
• → Greek: Τρίτων (Tríton), Τρίτωνας (Trítonas) (learned)
• → Hebrew: טריטון
• → Hungarian: Tritón
• → Italian: Tritone
• → Japanese: トリトン
• → Latin: Trītōn
• → Lithuanian: Tritonas
• → Polish: Tryton
• → Portuguese: Tritão
• → Russian: Тритон (Triton)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Triton / Тритон
• → Spanish: Tritón
• → Swedish: Triton
• → Turkish: Triton
• → Ukrainian: Тритон (Tryton)

Further reading

• “Τρίτων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “Τρίτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Τρίτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
• Τρίτων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Triton (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Greek

Alternative forms

• Τρίτωνας (Trítonas) — with demotic ending

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.ton/
• Hyphenation: Τρί‧των

Noun

Τρίτων • (Tríton) m

1. (Greek mythology) Triton (god of the sea, son of Poseidon)