Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τρίγλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρίγλη

Structure: τριγλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the red mullet

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ Ἐρατοσθένησ δ’ ἐν Ἑρμῇ φησιν ἄγρησ μοῖραν ἔλειπον, ἔτι ζώοντασ ἰούλουσ ἠὲ γενειῆτιν τρίγλην ἢ περκάδα κίχλην ἢ δρομίην χρύσειον ἐπ’ ὀφρύσιν ἱερὸν ἰχθύν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 213)
  • τρίγλην δ’ εἰ μὲν ἐδηδοκοίη τένθου τινὸσ ἀνδρόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 71 1:4)
  • τὴν δὲ τρίγλην φησὶν Ἀριστοτέλησ τρὶσ τίκτειν τοῦ ἔτουσ ἐν πέμπτῳ μορίων, τεκμαίρεσθαι λέγων τοὺσ ἁλιεῖσ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ γόνου τρὶσ φαινομένου περί τινασ τόπουσ, μήποτ’ οὖν ἐντεῦθέν ἐστι καὶ τὸ τῆσ ὀνομασίασ, ὡσ ἀμίαι ὅτι οὐ κατὰ μίαν φέρονται, ἀλλ’ ἀγεληδόν, σκάροσ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ σκαίρειν καὶ καρίσ, ἀφύαι δ’ ὡσ ἂν ἀφυεῖσ οὖσαι, τουτέστιν δυσφυεῖσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 125 1:2)
  • Ἀπολλόδωροσ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ περὶ θεῶν τῇ Ἑκάτῃ φησὶ θύεσθαι τρίγλην διὰ τὴν τοῦ ὀνόματοσ οἰκειότητα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 126 1:2)
  • τρίμορφοσ γὰρ ἡ θεόσ, Μελάνθιοσ δ’ ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι μυστηρίων καὶ τρίγλην καὶ μαινίδα, ὅτι καὶ θαλάττιοσ ἡ Ἑκάτη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 126 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. the red mullet

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION