τρίβανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρίβω (tríbō, “to thresh; rub; wear out”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.ba.non/ → /ˈtri.βa.non/ → /ˈtri.va.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.ba.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ba.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.βa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.va.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.va.non/

Noun

τρῐ́βᾰνον • (tríbanon) n (genitive τρῐβᾰ́νου); second declension

1. oil-flask

   Synonym: λήκυθος (lḗkuthos)

2. kind of measure of capacity

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῐ́βᾰνον; τοῦ τρῐβᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῐ́βᾰνον tò tríbanon	τὼ τρῐβᾰ́νω tṑ tribánō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́βᾰνᾰ tà tríbana
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐβᾰ́νου toû tribánou	τοῖν τρῐβᾰ́νοιν toîn tribánoin	τῶν τρῐβᾰ́νων tôn tribánōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐβᾰ́νῳ tôi tribánōi	τοῖν τρῐβᾰ́νοιν toîn tribánoin	τοῖς τρῐβᾰ́νοις toîs tribánois
Accusative	τὸ τρῐ́βᾰνον tò tríbanon	τὼ τρῐβᾰ́νω tṑ tribánō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́βᾰνᾰ tà tríbana
Vocative	τρῐ́βᾰνον tríbanon	τρῐβᾰ́νω tribánō	τρῐ́βᾰνᾰ tríbana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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