θρῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from τρίς (trís, “three”), because of the three lobes of the figleaf. According to Beekes, it is a Mediterranean word and compares the word with θρινία (thrinía, “vine in Crete”). Perhaps from Pre-Greek and related to θρίαμβος (thríambos, “thriambus”), θρίδαξ (thrídax, “lettuce”) and θρῖναξ (thrînax, “trident”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrîː.on/ → /ˈθri.on/ → /ˈθri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrîː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.on/

Noun

θρῖον • (thrîon) n (genitive θρῑ́ου); second declension

1. fig leaf

   Synonym: σῡκόφῠλλον (sūkóphullon)

2. mixture of eggs, milk, lard, honey, cheese wrapped in figleaves

Declension

Second declension of τὸ θρῖον; τοῦ θρῑ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θρῖον tò thrîon	τὼ θρῑ́ω tṑ thrī́ō	τᾰ̀ θρῖᾰ tà thrîa
Genitive	τοῦ θρῑ́ου toû thrī́ou	τοῖν θρῑ́οιν toîn thrī́oin	τῶν θρῑ́ων tôn thrī́ōn
Dative	τῷ θρῑ́ῳ tôi thrī́ōi	τοῖν θρῑ́οιν toîn thrī́oin	τοῖς θρῑ́οις toîs thrī́ois
Accusative	τὸ θρῖον tò thrîon	τὼ θρῑ́ω tṑ thrī́ō	τᾰ̀ θρῖᾰ tà thrîa
Vocative	θρῖον thrîon	θρῑ́ω thrī́ō	θρῖᾰ thrîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λεπτόθρῐον (leptóthrion)

Further reading

• “θρῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θρῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θρῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN