Tritonis

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [triːˈtoː.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [triˈtɔː.nis] === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Τρῑτωνίς (Trītōnís), seemingly formed from Τρῑ́των (Trī́tōn) (either the name of a legendary river, or by some accounts, of a lake in Libya) and the feminine noun- and adjective-forming suffix -ῐς, -ῐδος (-ĭs, -ĭdos). The actual etymology is uncertain. The epithet Tritogeneia (Τρῑτογένειᾰ (Trītogéneiă)) was possibly originally from the root τρῐ́τος (trĭ́tos, “third”). ==== Proper noun ==== Trītōnis f sg (genitive Trītōnidos or Trītōnidis); third declension (Greek mythology) epithet of the Greek goddess Athena (identified with Roman Minerva) epithet or name of a nymph in Silius Italicus's Punica, mother of the Libyan princess Asbyte and wife to Hiarbas ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only. ==== Adjective ==== Trītōnis (feminine Trītōnis); third-declension feminine-only adjective (non-i-stem) (Greek mythology) of Athena (used as epithet of her namesake city Athens) of lake Triton ===== Usage notes ===== Declined the same when used as an adjective or noun. Only used in the feminine. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== Trītōnis genitive singular of Trītōn === References === “Memphis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Memphis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.