τρίγωνον

See also: Τρίγωνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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