Triptolemus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Triptolemus, from Ancient Greek Τριπτόλεμος (Triptólemos). === Proper noun === Triptolemus (Greek mythology) A Greek mythological figure, prominent in the cult of the Eleusinian Mysteries, credited with inventing agriculture. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τριπτόλεμος (Triptólemos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɪpˈtɔ.ɫɛ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tripˈtɔː.le.mus] === Proper noun === Triptolemus m sg (genitive Triptolemī); second declension (Greek mythology) Triptolemus (the mythological inventor of agriculture) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== triptolemicus ==== Descendants ==== → English: Triptolemus French: Triptolème === References === “Triptolemus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Triptolemus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray