τρίγωνον

See also: Τρίγωνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “three-cornered”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.ɡɔː.non/ → /ˈtri.ɣo.non/ → /ˈtri.ɣo.non/

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

Noun

τρῐ́γωνον • (trígōnon) n (genitive τρῐγώνου); second declension

1. triangle (geometric shape)
2. triangle (musical instrument)
3. one of the Athenian lawcourts
4. a type of lozenge

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῐ́γωνον; τοῦ τρῐγώνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῐ́γωνον tò trígōnon	τὼ τρῐγώνω tṑ trigṓnō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́γωνᾰ tà trígōna
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐγώνου toû trigṓnou	τοῖν τρῐγώνοιν toîn trigṓnoin	τῶν τρῐγώνων tôn trigṓnōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐγώνῳ tôi trigṓnōi	τοῖν τρῐγώνοιν toîn trigṓnoin	τοῖς τρῐγώνοις toîs trigṓnois
Accusative	τὸ τρῐ́γωνον tò trígōnon	τὼ τρῐγώνω tṑ trigṓnō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́γωνᾰ tà trígōna
Vocative	τρῐ́γωνον trígōnon	τρῐγώνω trigṓnō	τρῐ́γωνᾰ trígōna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τρίγωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • triangle idem, page 893.