τρικλίνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρίκλῑνος (tríklīnos, “dining room”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.klǐː.ni.on/ → /triˈkli.ni.on/ → /triˈkli.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.klǐː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈkli.ni.on/

Noun

τρικλῑ́νῐον • (triklī́nion) n (genitive τρικλῑνίου); second declension

1. A dining room with three couches

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρικλῑ́νῐον; τοῦ τρικλῑνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρικλῑ́νῐον tò triklī́nion	τὼ τρικλῑνῐ́ω tṑ triklīníō	τᾰ̀ τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ tà triklī́nia
Genitive	τοῦ τρικλῑνῐ́ου toû triklīníou	τοῖν τρικλῑνῐ́οιν toîn triklīníoin	τῶν τρικλῑνῐ́ων tôn triklīníōn
Dative	τῷ τρικλῑνῐ́ῳ tôi triklīníōi	τοῖν τρικλῑνῐ́οιν toîn triklīníoin	τοῖς τρικλῑνῐ́οις toîs triklīníois
Accusative	τὸ τρικλῑ́νῐον tò triklī́nion	τὼ τρικλῑνῐ́ω tṑ triklīníō	τᾰ̀ τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ tà triklī́nia
Vocative	τρικλῑ́νῐον triklī́nion	τρικλῑνῐ́ω triklīníō	τρικλῑ́νῐᾰ triklī́nia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: triclīnium
• Hebrew: טְרַקְלִין

Further reading

• “τρικλίνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τρικλίνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette