τρίβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation
 

Noun

τρῐ́βολος • (tríbolos) m (genitive τρῐβόλου); second declension

  1. name of various prickly plants:
    1. water chestnut (Trapa natans)
    2. caltrop (Tribulus terrestris)
    3. Virgin's mantle (Fagonia cretica)
    4. prickly parsnip (Echinophora spinosa)
  2. caltrop, a four-spiked implement thrown on the ground to lame the enemy's horses
  3. larger contrivance for stopping boulders thrown down a slope
  4. instrument hung from the walls of a fortress as a defence against battering rams
  5. kind of incendiary missile
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ τρῐ́βολος; τοῦ τρῐβόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τρῐ́βολος
ho tríbolos		 τὼ τρῐβόλω
tṑ tribólō		 οἱ τρῐ́βολοι
hoi tríboloi
Genitive τοῦ τρῐβόλου
toû tribólou		 τοῖν τρῐβόλοιν
toîn tribóloin		 τῶν τρῐβόλων
tôn tribólōn
Dative τῷ τρῐβόλῳ
tôi tribólōi		 τοῖν τρῐβόλοιν
toîn tribóloin		 τοῖς τρῐβόλοις
toîs tribólois
Accusative τὸν τρῐ́βολον
tòn tríbolon		 τὼ τρῐβόλω
tṑ tribólō		 τοὺς τρῐβόλους
toùs tribólous
Vocative τρῐ́βολε
tríbole		 τρῐβόλω
tribólō		 τρῐ́βολοι
tríboloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
  • τρῐβολοειδῶς (triboloeidôs)
Descendants
  • → Latin: tribulus
References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin trībulum (“threshing sledge”).

Alternative forms
  • τρίβολα f (tríbola)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τρίβολος • (tríbolos) m (genitive τρῑ́βόλου); second declension

  1. threshing sledge, a board with sharp stones fixed in the bottom
    Synonym: τυκάνη (tukánē)
  2. part of the bit of a bridle
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ τρῑ́βολος; τοῦ τρῑβόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τρῑ́βολος
ho trī́bolos		 τὼ τρῑβόλω
tṑ trībólō		 οἱ τρῑ́βολοι
hoi trī́boloi
Genitive τοῦ τρῑβόλου
toû trībólou		 τοῖν τρῑβόλοιν
toîn trībóloin		 τῶν τρῑβόλων
tôn trībólōn
Dative τῷ τρῑβόλῳ
tôi trībólōi		 τοῖν τρῑβόλοιν
toîn trībóloin		 τοῖς τρῑβόλοις
toîs trībólois
Accusative τὸν τρῑ́βολον
tòn trī́bolon		 τὼ τρῑβόλω
tṑ trībólō		 τοὺς τρῑβόλους
toùs trībólous
Vocative τρῑ́βολε
trī́bole		 τρῑβόλω
trībólō		 τρῑ́βολοι
trī́boloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Aramaic:
    Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܐܛܪ̈ܘܒܝܠܐ
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: טַּרְבָּל (ṭarbāl), טּוּרְבִּיל (ṭurbīl)

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