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1 τρίγωνος
A three-cornered, triangular, τὴν τ. ἐς χθόνα Νειλῶτιν, of the Delta, A.Pr. 813;τ. ῥυθμοί Id.Fr.78
; ; of the hearts of certain fish, Arist.Frr. 314, 330, 333; of Sicily, Plb.1.42.3; of Britain, Str.4.5.1.2 ἀριθμοὶ τρίγωνοι, triangular numbers, are those whose units can be disposed in a triangle, as 3 <*>, 6 <*>, etc., being represented by the formula n(n + 1)/2, Plu.2.1003f, cf. Nicom.Ar.2.8; these numbers are also called triangles ([etym.] τρίγωνοι), Plu. 2.744b.3 Astrol., in triangular or trine aspect, of planets when there are three signs of the zodiac between them, so that they are at the apices of an equilateral triangle, S.E.M.5.39, Plot.2.3.4;τ. σχηματισμοί Ptol.Tetr.35
, cf. Man.3.344.II as Subst., τρίγωνον, τό, triangle, Ti.Locr.98a, Pl.Ti. 50b, etc.2 a musical instrument of triangular form, with strings of equal thickness but unequal lengths, Eup.77, Pl.Com.69.13, Pl.R. 399c, Arist.Pol. 1341a41, Diog.Ath.1.9; called τ. ψαλτήρια in Arist.Pr. 919b12:—also as masc.,πολὺς δὲ Φρὺξ τρίγωνος S.Fr. 412
, cf. Ath.4.183e.3 one of the Athenian lawcourts, Din.Fr.89.35, Lycurg.Fr.10, Men.1076, Paus.1.28.8, Poll.8.121.4 the constellation Triangulum, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.13.5 τρίγωνος, ἡ, name of a lozenge, Orib.Syn.3.183; as masc., Paul.Aeg.7.12.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > τρίγωνος
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2 Ὠγυγία
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3 κασσίτερος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `tin' (Il.)Other forms: Att. καττίτεροςCompounds: as 1. member in κασσιτερο-ποιός `tinner' (Ptol.).Derivatives: κασσιτέρινος ( καττι-) `of tin' (Att. inscr., Arist.); Κασσιτερίδες νῆσοι "the tin-islands", prob. SW. of Britain (Hdt. 3, 115, Str.); κασσιτερᾶς m. `tinner' (pap.); κασσιτερόω `tin' (Dsc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Origin unknown. One has supposed Elamitie origin, from * kassi-ti-ra "coming from the land of the Kassi (i. e. Kossäer)" (from where Κασσίτιρα island in the Indian Ocean [Dion. ap. St. Byz.]?), but also called Celtic names like Cassi-velaunus, with the Κασσιτερίδες νῆσοι giving their name to the metall (cf. e. g. Κύπρος: copper) or v.v.. - Eberts Reallexikon 6, 299, Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 699f.; lit. in W.-Hofmann s. cassiterum (plus Nachträge); Kretschmer Glotta 27, 36; cf. Bq. - Gr. κασσίτερος was spread widely: Lat. cassiterum (after ferrum, aurum a. o.), OCS kositerъ, Skt. kastīram, Arab. qazdir etc. The group σσ \/ ττ however is typically Pre-Greek, so the word will have come from Greece or Anatolia. Cf. the word for `lead', μόλυβδος.Page in Frisk: 1,798Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κασσίτερος
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