COMPOUND: τρυφάλεια, -ας
CATEGORIZATION: N [Num+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘helmet’
ETYMOLOGY: τρυ- (< *(k^w)t(w)r-, τέσσαρες, -αρα) ‘four’ + noun root -φαλ-ε(σ)- (cmp. φάλος, -ου) ‘horn of a helmet’ + adj./noun suf. -ια, -ας
OCCURRENCE: Il. III, 372, 376; V, 182; X, 76; XI, 352; XII, 22, 339; XIII, 530, 577
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. pl., nom. sg., acc. sg., gen. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – dvigu
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