θρίαμβος

See also: Θρίαμβος

Ancient Greek

The origin of the term is uncertain; most likely derived from Pre-Greek,^[1] possibly Phrygian or Illyrian. Ancient Greek θρι- (thri-) has also been connected with a term for fig tree (compare θρῖον (thrîon, “fig leaf”)). The suffix -αμβος (-ambos) is probably the same element that also occurs in ἴαμβος (íambos, “a poetic meter”), δῑθύραμβος (dīthúrambos, “hymn to Dionysus”) and might derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint”).^[2]

θρῐ́ᾰμβος • (thrĭ́ămbos) m (genitive θρῐᾰ́μβου); second declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρῐ́ᾰμβος ho thrĭ́ămbos	τὼ θρῐᾰ́μβω tṑ thrĭắmbō	οἱ θρῐ́ᾰμβοι hoi thrĭ́ămboi
Genitive	τοῦ θρῐᾰ́μβου toû thrĭắmbou	τοῖν θρῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn thrĭắmboin	τῶν θρῐᾰ́μβων tôn thrĭắmbōn
Dative	τῷ θρῐᾰ́μβῳ tôi thrĭắmbōi	τοῖν θρῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn thrĭắmboin	τοῖς θρῐᾰ́μβοις toîs thrĭắmbois
Accusative	τὸν θρῐ́ᾰμβον tòn thrĭ́ămbon	τὼ θρῐᾰ́μβω tṑ thrĭắmbō	τοὺς θρῐᾰ́μβους toùs thrĭắmbous
Vocative	θρῐ́ᾰμβε thrĭ́ămbe	θρῐᾰ́μβω thrĭắmbō	θρῐ́ᾰμβοι thrĭ́ămboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θρίαμβος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555
^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “θρίαμβος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 682f.

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek θρίαμβος (thríambos), which had already acquired the meaning 'triumph' by semantic loan from Latin triumphus.^[1]

θρίαμβος • (thríamvos) m (plural θρίαμβοι)

^ θρίαμβος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language