τρύπανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τρυπάνη (trupánē)

Etymology

Ultimately from τρῡπάω (trūpáō, “to bore”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /try̌ː.pa.non/ → /ˈtry.pa.non/ → /ˈtri.pa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /try̌ː.pa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.pa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.pa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.pa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pa.non/

Noun

τρῡ́πανον • (trū́panon) n (genitive τρῡπάνου); second declension

1. borer, auger, rotated by a thong
2. (surgery) trepan, a surgical instrument
3. fire drill

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῡ́πανον; τοῦ τρῡπάνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῡ́πανον tò trū́panon	τὼ τρῡπάνω tṑ trūpánō	τᾰ̀ τρῡ́πανᾰ tà trū́pana
Genitive	τοῦ τρῡπάνου toû trūpánou	τοῖν τρῡπάνοιν toîn trūpánoin	τῶν τρῡπάνων tôn trūpánōn
Dative	τῷ τρῡπάνῳ tôi trūpánōi	τοῖν τρῡπάνοιν toîn trūpánoin	τοῖς τρῡπάνοις toîs trūpánois
Accusative	τὸ τρῡ́πανον tò trū́panon	τὼ τρῡπάνω tṑ trūpánō	τᾰ̀ τρῡ́πανᾰ tà trū́pana
Vocative	τρῡ́πανον trū́panon	τρῡπάνω trūpánō	τρῡ́πανᾰ trū́pana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σῐδηροτρῡ́πανον (sidērotrū́panon)
• τρυπανία (trupanía)
• τρυπανίζω (trupanízō)
• τρυπανικός (trupanikós)
• τρυπάνιον (trupánion)
• τρυπανισμός (trupanismós)
• τρυπανοειδής (trupanoeidḗs)
• τρυπανοῦχος (trupanoûkhos)
• τρυπανώδης (trupanṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: trepanum
  • → Old French: trepan
    • French: trépan
    • → Middle English: trepan
      • → English: trepan
  • Italian: trapano
  • → Spanish: trépano
• → Mingrelian: ტრუპანტი (ṭruṗanṭi)

Further reading

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