τρίαινα
triaina
trident, three-pronged fish-spear
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τρίαινα [ῐ], ἡ, A. trident, three-pronged fish-spear, the badge of Poseidon, Il. 12.27, Od. 4.506, 5.292, Pr. 925, Fr. 360.47; as a symbol of the empire of the sea, Eq. 839; τρίαιναν ἐσθλὸς καὶ κυβερνήτης σοφός, i. e. a good fisherman . . , 45. II. threepronged fork, 4.40; cf. τριαινόω II. III. a constellation rising with Pisces, Teucer in Boll Sphaera 52. IV. a kind of cautery, 6.48.
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