τριάζω
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tri.áz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /triˈa.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /triˈa.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /triˈa.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /triˈa.zo/
Verb
[edit]τρῐάζω • (triázō)
- (wrestling) to defeat
- (mathematics) to multiply by three
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- “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