-τρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From -τρος (-tros) or a similar zero-grade masculine agent-noun suffix + -ίς (-ís, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tris/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tris/

Suffix

-τρῐ́ς • (-trís) f (genitive -τρῐ́δος); third declension

Added to verb stems to form feminine agent nouns. Usually accented on the ultima.
αὐλέω (auléō, “to play the flute”) + ‎-τρις (-tris) → ‎αὐλητρίς (aulētrís, “flute-girl”)

Inflection

Third declension of -τρῐ́ς; -τρῐδός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-τρῐ́ς -trís	-τρῐ́δε -tríde	-τρῐ́δες -trídes
Genitive	-τρῐδός -tridós	-τρῐδοῖν -tridoîn	-τρῐδῶν -tridôn
Dative	-τρῐδῐ́ -tridí	-τρῐδοῖν -tridoîn	-τρῐσῐ́(ν) -trisí(n)
Accusative	-τρῐ́δᾰ -trída	-τρῐ́δε -tríde	-τρῐ́δᾰς -trídas
Vocative	-τρῐ́ς -trís	-τρῐ́δε -tríde	-τρῐ́δες -trídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

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References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, §§ 839.b.1, 863.a.3

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