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Tritonis.

epithet of the Greek goddess Athena (identified with Roman Minerva)

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Meaning & usage

name[triːˈtoː.nɪs]Classical-Latin[triˈtɔː.nis]
  1. epithet of the Greek goddess Athena (identified with Roman Minerva)

    Greek · declension-3
  2. epithet or name of a nymph in Silius Italicus's Punica, mother of the Libyan princess Asbyte and wife to Hiarbas

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

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”).

adj[triːˈtoː.nɪs]Classical-Latin[triˈtɔː.nis]
  1. of Athena (used as epithet of her namesake city Athens)

    Greek
  2. of lake Triton

Where this word comes from

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”).

noun[triːˈtoː.nɪs]Classical-Latin[triˈtɔː.nis]
  1. genitive singular of Trītōn

    form-of · genitive · singular
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