trygon
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρῡγών (trūgṓn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtryː.ɡoːn/, [ˈt̪ryːɡoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ɡon/, [ˈt̪riːɡon]
Noun
trȳgōn m (genitive trȳgōnis); third declension
- stingray (fish, Dasyatis pastinaca)
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9:[1]
- Sed nūllum usquam execrābilius quam radius super caudam ēminēns trȳgōnis, quam nostrī pastinācam appellant, quīncunciālī magnitūdine: arborēs īnfīxus rādīcī necat, arma ut tēlum perforat vī ferrī et venēnī malō.
- But nothing anywhere is as detestable as the spine projecting above the tail of the sting ray, called by us 'parsnip', of five twelfths of a foot in size: it kills trees when driven to the root, punctures weapons like a sword with the force of iron and the evilness of venom.
- Sed nūllum usquam execrābilius quam radius super caudam ēminēns trȳgōnis, quam nostrī pastinācam appellant, quīncunciālī magnitūdine: arborēs īnfīxus rādīcī necat, arma ut tēlum perforat vī ferrī et venēnī malō.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | trȳgōn | trȳgōnēs |
Genitive | trȳgōnis | trȳgōnum |
Dative | trȳgōnī | trȳgōnibus |
Accusative | trȳgōnem | trȳgōnēs |
Ablative | trȳgōne | trȳgōnibus |
Vocative | trȳgōn | trȳgōnēs |
See also
References
- “trygon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trygon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.