τρήρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Because of the Doric forms τρᾱρόν (trārón), and ταρόν (tarón) with dissimilation, we must start from *τρασ-ρόν, with a zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *tres- (“to tremble”), the same root of τρέω (tréō). Not related to ὀτρηρός (otrērós, “quick, nimble”).

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

τρήρων • (trḗrōn) m or f (neuter τρῆρον); third declension

  1. (of doves) timorous, shy, pavid

Inflection
Third declension of τρήρων; τρῆρον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative τρήρων
trḗrōn		 τρῆρον
trêron		 τρήρονε
trḗrone		 τρήρονε
trḗrone		 τρήρονες
trḗrones		 τρήρονᾰ
trḗrona
Genitive τρήρονος
trḗronos		 τρήρονος
trḗronos		 τρηρόνοιν
trērónoin		 τρηρόνοιν
trērónoin		 τρηρόνων
trērónōn		 τρηρόνων
trērónōn
Dative τρήρονῐ
trḗroni		 τρήρονῐ
trḗroni		 τρηρόνοιν
trērónoin		 τρηρόνοιν
trērónoin		 τρήροσῐ / τρήροσῐν
trḗrosi(n)		 τρήροσῐ / τρήροσῐν
trḗrosi(n)
Accusative τρήρονᾰ
trḗrona		 τρῆρον
trêron		 τρήρονε
trḗrone		 τρήρονε
trḗrone		 τρήρονᾰς
trḗronas		 τρήρονᾰ
trḗrona
Vocative τρῆρον
trêron		 τρῆρον
trêron		 τρήρονε
trḗrone		 τρήρονε
trḗrone		 τρήρονες
trḗrones		 τρήρονᾰ
trḗrona
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
τρηρόνως
trērónōs		 τρηρονέστερος
trēronésteros		 τρηρονέστᾰτος
trēronéstatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • εὐτρήρων (eutrḗrōn)
  • πολῠτρήρων (polutrḗrōn)

Descendants
  • Koine Greek: τρηρός (trērós)

Further reading
  • “τρήρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “τρήρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “τρήρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τρήρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τρήρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τρήρων”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1508
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