τρίφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neutral form of τρῐ́φῠλλος (tríphullos, “three-leaved”), from τρία (tría, “three”) with φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.pʰyl.lon/ → /ˈtri.ɸyl.lon/ → /ˈtri.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fi.lon/

Noun

τρῐ́φῠλλον • (tríphullon) n (genitive τρῐφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. clover (Trifolium fragiferum)
2. pitch trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa)
3. ornament shaped like a trefoil

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τρῐ́φῠλλον; τοῦ τρῐφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῐ́φῠλλον tò tríphullon	τὼ τρῐφῠ́λλω tṑ triphúllō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́φῠλλᾰ tà tríphulla
Genitive	τοῦ τρῐφῠ́λλου toû triphúllou	τοῖν τρῐφῠ́λλοιν toîn triphúlloin	τῶν τρῐφῠ́λλων tôn triphúllōn
Dative	τῷ τρῐφῠ́λλῳ tôi triphúllōi	τοῖν τρῐφῠ́λλοιν toîn triphúlloin	τοῖς τρῐφῠ́λλοις toîs triphúllois
Accusative	τὸ τρῐ́φῠλλον tò tríphullon	τὼ τρῐφῠ́λλω tṑ triphúllō	τᾰ̀ τρῐ́φῠλλᾰ tà tríphulla
Vocative	τρῐ́φῠλλον tríphullon	τρῐφῠ́λλω triphúllō	τρῐ́φῠλλᾰ tríphulla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τριφύλλιον (triphúllion)
• τριφυλλίς (triphullís)

 

Further reading

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