Τρινακρία
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́η (Trīnakríē) — Ionic
- Θρῑνᾰκῐ́ᾱ (Thrīnakíā)
Etymology edit
From τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + ἄκρᾱ (ákrā, “end”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Compare Ancient Greek Θρινακία (Thrinakía).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /triː.na.krí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tri.naˈkri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tri.naˈkri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tri.naˈkri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tri.naˈkri.a/
Proper noun edit
Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱ • (Trīnakríā) f (genitive Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Trinacria or Thrinacia, an island in Greek mythology, often associated with Sicily
- Trinacria or Thrinacia, a poetic name for Sicily
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱ hē Trīnakríā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱς tês Trīnakríās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾳ têi Trīnakríāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Trīnakríān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ᾱ Trīnakríā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Τρῑνᾰ́κρῐος (Trīnákrios)
- Τρῑνᾰκρῐ́ς (Trīnakrís)
Descendants edit
- Greek: Τρινακρία (Trinakría)
- Italian: Trinacria
- Latin: Trīnacria; Thrīnacria
- Sicilian: Trinacria
References edit
- “Τρινακρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Τρινακρία”, 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
- Τρινακρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette