Triptolemus

From Latin Triptolemus, from Ancient Greek Τριπτόλεμος (Triptólemos).

Triptolemus

1. (Greek mythology) A Greek mythological figure, prominent in the cult of the Eleusinian Mysteries, credited with inventing agriculture.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τριπτόλεμος (Triptólemos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [trɪpˈtɔ.ɫɛ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪ripˈt̪ɔː.le.mus]

Triptolemus m sg (genitive Triptolemī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Triptolemus (the mythological inventor of agriculture)

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• triptolemicus

• Triptolemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Triptolemus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray