ti-ri-po

Definitions

Wiktionary: tripod
Chadwick & Ventris 1973: tripod, cf. τρίπους

Variants

ti-ri-po-de

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: nominative dual of ti-ri-po

Transcription

Woodard 1997: The tri cluster is represented by ti-ri because the ti takes on the vowel of ri via the progressive spelling strategy.

References

Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek

Woodard, Roger D., 1997 Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer: A Linguistic Interpretation of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancient Greek Literacy

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