τρυτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Noun in -τάνη from the verb τρύω (trúō, “to wear down, exhaust”); it probably refers to the opening in which the tongue moves.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tryː.tá.nɛː/ → /tryˈta.ni/ → /triˈta.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tryː.tá.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tryˈta.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tryˈta.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tryˈta.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈta.ni/

Noun

τρῡτᾰ́νη • (trūtánē) f (genitive τρῡτᾰ́νης); first declension

1. balance, pair of scales

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τρῡτᾰ́νη; τῆς τρῡτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῡτᾰ́νη hē trūtánē	τὼ τρῡτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ trūtánā	αἱ τρῡτᾰ́ναι hai trūtánai
Genitive	τῆς τρῡτᾰ́νης tês trūtánēs	τοῖν τρῡτᾰ́ναιν toîn trūtánain	τῶν τρῡτᾰνῶν tôn trūtanôn
Dative	τῇ τρῡτᾰ́νῃ têi trūtánēi	τοῖν τρῡτᾰ́ναιν toîn trūtánain	ταῖς τρῡτᾰ́ναις taîs trūtánais
Accusative	τὴν τρῡτᾰ́νην tḕn trūtánēn	τὼ τρῡτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ trūtánā	τᾱ̀ς τρῡτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s trūtánās
Vocative	τρῡτᾰ́νη trūtánē	τρῡτᾰ́νᾱ trūtánā	τρῡτᾰ́ναι trūtánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρῡτανεύω (trūtaneúō)

Descendants

• → Latin: trutina

References

• “τρυτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρυτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρυτάνη 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