τριβακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῑ́βω (trī́bō, “to rub away, wear away”) +‎ -ακός (-akós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.ba.kós/ → /tri.βaˈkos/ → /tri.vaˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.ba.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tri.baˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tri.βaˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tri.vaˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tri.vaˈkos/

Adjective

τρῐβᾰκός • (tribakós) m (feminine τρῐβᾰκή, neuter τρῐβᾰκόν); first/second declension

1. rubbed, worn
2. (of persons) experienced, crafty

Inflection

First and second declension of τρῐβᾰκός; τρῐβᾰκή; τρῐβᾰκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῐβᾰκός tribakós	τρῐβᾰκή tribakḗ	τρῐβᾰκόν tribakón		τρῐβᾰκώ tribakṓ	τρῐβᾰκᾱ́ tribakā́	τρῐβᾰκώ tribakṓ		τρῐβᾰκοί tribakoí	τρῐβᾰκαί tribakaí	τρῐβᾰκᾰ́ tribaká
Genitive		τρῐβᾰκοῦ tribakoû	τρῐβᾰκῆς tribakês	τρῐβᾰκοῦ tribakoû		τρῐβᾰκοῖν tribakoîn	τρῐβᾰκαῖν tribakaîn	τρῐβᾰκοῖν tribakoîn		τρῐβᾰκῶν tribakôn	τρῐβᾰκῶν tribakôn	τρῐβᾰκῶν tribakôn
Dative		τρῐβᾰκῷ tribakôi	τρῐβᾰκῇ tribakêi	τρῐβᾰκῷ tribakôi		τρῐβᾰκοῖν tribakoîn	τρῐβᾰκαῖν tribakaîn	τρῐβᾰκοῖν tribakoîn		τρῐβᾰκοῖς tribakoîs	τρῐβᾰκαῖς tribakaîs	τρῐβᾰκοῖς tribakoîs
Accusative		τρῐβᾰκόν tribakón	τρῐβᾰκήν tribakḗn	τρῐβᾰκόν tribakón		τρῐβᾰκώ tribakṓ	τρῐβᾰκᾱ́ tribakā́	τρῐβᾰκώ tribakṓ		τρῐβᾰκούς tribakoús	τρῐβᾰκᾱ́ς tribakā́s	τρῐβᾰκᾰ́ tribaká
Vocative		τρῐβᾰκέ tribaké	τρῐβᾰκή tribakḗ	τρῐβᾰκόν tribakón		τρῐβᾰκώ tribakṓ	τρῐβᾰκᾱ́ tribakā́	τρῐβᾰκώ tribakṓ		τρῐβᾰκοί tribakoí	τρῐβᾰκαί tribakaí	τρῐβᾰκᾰ́ tribaká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῐβᾰκῶς tribakôs				τρῐβᾰκώτερος tribakṓteros				τρῐβᾰκώτᾰτος tribakṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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