τριάζω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τρῐάσσω (triássō)
• τρῐάττω (triáttō)

Etymology

From τρῐάς (triás, “triad, the number three”): originally a wrestler had to throw his opponent three times in order to be considered the victor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.áz.dɔː/ → /triˈa.zo/ → /triˈa.zo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.áz.dɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈa.zo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈa.zo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈa.zo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈa.zo/

Verb

τρῐάζω • (triázō)

1. (wrestling) to defeat
2. (mathematics) to multiply by three

Conjugation

   Aorist: ἐτρίασᾰ, ἐτριασᾰ́μην, ἐτριάχθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐτρίασᾰ	ἐτρίασᾰς	ἐτρίασε(ν)	ἐτριάσᾰτον	ἐτριασᾰ́την	ἐτριάσᾰμεν	ἐτριάσᾰτε	ἐτρίασᾰν
	subjunctive	τριάσω	τριάσῃς	τριάσῃ	τριάσητον	τριάσητον	τριάσωμεν	τριάσητε	τριάσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	τριάσαιμῐ	τριάσειᾰς, τριάσαις	τριάσειε(ν), τριάσαι	τριάσαιτον	τριασαίτην	τριάσαιμεν	τριάσαιτε	τριάσειᾰν, τριάσαιεν
	imperative		τρίασον	τριασᾰ́τω	τριάσᾰτον	τριασᾰ́των		τριάσᾰτε	τριασᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐτριασᾰ́μην	ἐτριάσω	ἐτριάσᾰτο	ἐτριάσᾰσθον	ἐτριασᾰ́σθην	ἐτριασᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐτριάσᾰσθε	ἐτριάσᾰντο
	subjunctive	τριάσωμαι	τριάσῃ	τριάσηται	τριάσησθον	τριάσησθον	τριασώμεθᾰ	τριάσησθε	τριάσωνται
	optative	τριασαίμην	τριάσαιο	τριάσαιτο	τριάσαισθον	τριασαίσθην	τριασαίμεθᾰ	τριάσαισθε	τριάσαιντο
	imperative		τρίασαι	τριασᾰ́σθω	τριάσᾰσθον	τριασᾰ́σθων		τριάσᾰσθε	τριασᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ἐτριάχθην	ἐτριάχθης	ἐτριάχθη	ἐτριάχθητον	ἐτριαχθήτην	ἐτριάχθημεν	ἐτριάχθητε	ἐτριάχθησᾰν
	subjunctive	τριαχθῶ	τριαχθῇς	τριαχθῇ	τριαχθῆτον	τριαχθῆτον	τριαχθῶμεν	τριαχθῆτε	τριαχθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	τριαχθείην	τριαχθείης	τριαχθείη	τριαχθεῖτον, τριαχθείητον	τριαχθείτην, τριαχθειήτην	τριαχθεῖμεν, τριαχθείημεν	τριαχθεῖτε, τριαχθείητε	τριαχθεῖεν, τριαχθείησᾰν
	imperative		τριάχθητῐ	τριαχθήτω	τριάχθητον	τριαχθήτων		τριάχθητε	τριαχθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		τριᾶσαι			τριάσᾰσθαι		τριαχθῆναι
participle	m	τριάσᾱς			τριασᾰ́μενος		τριαχθείς
	f	τριάσᾱσᾰ			τριασᾰμένη		τριαχθεῖσᾰ
	n	τριᾶσᾰν			τριασᾰ́μενον		τριαχθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀποτριάζω (apotriázō)
• ἀτρίακτος (atríaktos)
• τριακτήρ (triaktḗr)

References

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