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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

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|Definition=ᾰκος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">trident, three-pronged fork</b>, used to stir grain, etc., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>567</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>114</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>120.3</span> (i/ii A.D.); as a signet, <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span>1.5. [ῑ: later ῐ, <span class="title">AP</span>6.95 codd. (Antiphil.).]</span>
|Definition=ᾰκος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[trident]], [[three-pronged fork]], used to stir grain, etc., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>567</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>114</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>120.3</span> (i/ii A.D.); as a signet, <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span>1.5. [ῑ: later ῐ, <span class="title">AP</span>6.95 codd. (Antiphil.).]</span>
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|etymtx=-ακος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">three-pronged fork, trident</b> (Ar., Tab. Heracl. 1, 5, Nic.).<br />Derivatives: From there [[Θρινακίη]] f. "fork-island", name of a mythical island (Od.), later identified with Sicily, through folketymology changed to [[Τρινακρία]] (<b class="b3">τρία ἄκρα</b>); also [[Θρινακίς]] f. (Str.); adj. [[Θρινάκιος]] [[Sicilian]] (Nic.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Technical word in <b class="b3">-αξ</b> (Chantraine Formation 377ff.). Mostly interpreted as a compound with <b class="b3">τρι-</b> [[three]]: acc. to Sommer Lautstud. 55ff. from IE <b class="b2">*tri-snak-</b> (to Eng. [[snag]] [[tooth]] etc.); after Kretschmer BphW 1906, 55 from <b class="b2">*trisn-aḱ</b> [[with three points]] (IE <b class="b2">*tris-no-</b> = Lat. [[ternī]]); acc. to Geffcken-Herbig Glotta 9, 103f. from <b class="b2">*tri-snak-</b> to [[νάκη]], [[νάκος]] (?). - Or to [[θρῖον]] [[fig-leaf]] (because of the form)?; cf. also <b class="b3">θρινία ἄμπελος ἐν Κρήτῃ</b> H. - The IE etymologies have failed. Fur. 189 compares [[τρίναξ]] [[an instrument in agriculture]]; note also the frequent suffix <b class="b3">-ακ-</b>
|etymtx=-ακος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[three-pronged fork]], [[trident]] (Ar., Tab. Heracl. 1, 5, Nic.).<br />Derivatives: From there [[Θρινακίη]] f. "fork-island", name of a mythical island (Od.), later identified with Sicily, through folketymology changed to [[Τρινακρία]] (<b class="b3">τρία ἄκρα</b>); also [[Θρινακίς]] f. (Str.); adj. [[Θρινάκιος]] [[Sicilian]] (Nic.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Technical word in <b class="b3">-αξ</b> (Chantraine Formation 377ff.). Mostly interpreted as a compound with <b class="b3">τρι-</b> [[three]]: acc. to Sommer Lautstud. 55ff. from IE <b class="b2">*tri-snak-</b> (to Eng. [[snag]] [[tooth]] etc.); after Kretschmer BphW 1906, 55 from <b class="b2">*trisn-aḱ</b> [[with three points]] (IE <b class="b2">*tris-no-</b> = Lat. [[ternī]]); acc. to Geffcken-Herbig Glotta 9, 103f. from <b class="b2">*tri-snak-</b> to [[νάκη]], [[νάκος]] (?). - Or to [[θρῖον]] [[fig-leaf]] (because of the form)?; cf. also <b class="b3">θρινία ἄμπελος ἐν Κρήτῃ</b> H. - The IE etymologies have failed. Fur. 189 compares [[τρίναξ]] [[an instrument in agriculture]]; note also the frequent suffix <b class="b3">-ακ-</b>
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English (LSJ)

ᾰκος, ἡ, A trident, three-pronged fork, used to stir grain, etc., Ar.Pax567, Nic.Th.114, PFay.120.3 (i/ii A.D.); as a signet, Tab.Heracl.1.5. [ῑ: later ῐ, AP6.95 codd. (Antiphil.).]

German (Pape)

[Seite 1219] ακος, ὁ (τρεῖς – ἀκή, für τρῖναξ, was zu vgl.), Dreizack, dreizinkige Gabel, zum Worfeln des Getreides; αἵ τε θρίνακες διαστίλβουσι πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον Ar. Pax 559; Nic. Th. 114, wo der Schol. γεωργικὸν σκεῦος erkl., ἔχον τρεῖς ἐξοχὰς καὶ σκόλοπας ἀπωξυμμένους, ᾡ τοὺς ἀστάχυας τρίβουσι καὶ λικμῶσι. Das ι ist kurz bei Antiphil. 4 (VI, 95), καὶ παλιουρόφορον, χεῖρα θέρευς, θρίνακα.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

θρῖναξ: -ᾰκος, ὁ, (τρίς, τρεῖς) τρίαινα, τρίκρανον ἐργαλεῖον δι’ οὗ ἀνεκάτωνον τὸν σῖτον, «καρπολόγι», Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 567, Νικ. Θ. 114 ἔνθα ῑ, ἀλλὰ μεταγεν. καὶ ῐ, Ἀνθ. Π. 6.95 · πρβλ. Δράκ. σ. 121.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ou θρίναξ;
ακος (ὁ) :
fourche à trois pointes.
Étymologie: τρίς -- DELG cf. angl. snag « pointe ».

Greek Monolingual

(I)
θρῑναξ, -ακος, ὁ (Α)
γεωργικό εργαλείο που χρησιμοποιείται για το λίχνισμα του σιταριού, τρικάνι, καρπολόγι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Τεχνικός όρος, αβέβαιης ετυμολ., με κατάληξη -ᾰξ. Υποτέθηκε ότι πρόκειται για σύνθετη λ. με α' συνθετικό τρι- (< τρία), δηλ. < ΙE tri-snak- (πρβλ. αγγλ. snag «αιχμή») ή < ΙE trisn-ak- «με τρεις αιχμές» (πρβλ. άκ-ρος). Από άλλους η λ. συνδέθηκε με το θρίον «φύλλο συκιάς»].
(II)
ο
βοτ. γένος αγγειόσπερμων μονοκότυλων φυτών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. αγγλ. thrinax (< αρχ. θρίναξ «τρικράνι», λόγω του σχήματος τών φύλλων του)].

Greek Monotonic

θρῖναξ: -ᾰκος, ὁ (τρεῖς, ἀκή), τρίαινα, σε Αριστοφ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

θρῖναξ: и θρίναξ, ᾰκος ὁ τρεῖς + ἀκμή трезубые вилы Arph., Plut., Anth.

Frisk Etymological English

-ακος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: three-pronged fork, trident (Ar., Tab. Heracl. 1, 5, Nic.).
Derivatives: From there Θρινακίη f. "fork-island", name of a mythical island (Od.), later identified with Sicily, through folketymology changed to Τρινακρία (τρία ἄκρα); also Θρινακίς f. (Str.); adj. Θρινάκιος Sicilian (Nic.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Technical word in -αξ (Chantraine Formation 377ff.). Mostly interpreted as a compound with τρι- three: acc. to Sommer Lautstud. 55ff. from IE *tri-snak- (to Eng. snag tooth etc.); after Kretschmer BphW 1906, 55 from *trisn-aḱ with three points (IE *tris-no- = Lat. ternī); acc. to Geffcken-Herbig Glotta 9, 103f. from *tri-snak- to νάκη, νάκος (?). - Or to θρῖον fig-leaf (because of the form)?; cf. also θρινία ἄμπελος ἐν Κρήτῃ H. - The IE etymologies have failed. Fur. 189 compares τρίναξ an instrument in agriculture; note also the frequent suffix -ακ-

Middle Liddell

θρῖναξ, ακος, τρεῖς, ἀκή]
a trident, Ar.

Frisk Etymology German

θρῖναξ: -ακος
{thrĩnaks}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: ‘(dreizackige) Gabel, Dreizack’ (Ar., Tab. Heracl. 1, 5, Nik., Pap.).
Derivative: Davon Θρινακίη f. "Gabelinsel", N. einer märchenhaften Insel (Od.), später mit Sizilien identifiziert, durch Volksetymologie in Τρινακρία (τρία ἄκρα) umgebildet; auch Θρινακίς f. (Str.); Adj. Θρινάκιος sizilisch (Nik.).
Etymology : Technisches Wort auf -αξ (Chantraine Formation 377ff.); Ursprung unbekannt. Allgemein wird darin ein Kompositum mit τρι- drei gesucht: nach Sommer Lautstud. 55ff. aus idg. *tri-snak- (zu eng. snag Zacke usw.); nach Kretschmer BphW 1906, 55 aus *trisn-aḱ mit drei Spitzen (idg. *tris-no- = lat. ternī); nach Geffeken-Herbig Glotta 9, 103f. aus *tri-snak- zu νάκη, νάκος (?). — Ob zu θρῖον Feigenblatt (wegen der Form)?; vgl. auch θρινία· ἄμπελος ἐν Κρήτῃ H.
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