triquetrus
Latin
Alternative forms
- triquedrus
- triquetrus
Etymology
From trēs and maybe Proto-Indo-European *kʷēd- (“sharp”). Cognate with English whet.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈkʷeː.trus/, [trɪˈkᶣeː.trʊs]
Adjective
triquētrus (feminine triquētra, neuter triquētrum); first/second declension
- triangular, having three corners
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | triquētrus | triquētra | triquētrum | triquētrī | triquētrae | triquētra | |
| Genitive | triquētrī | triquētrae | triquētrī | triquētrōrum | triquētrārum | triquētrōrum | |
| Dative | triquētrō | triquētrō | triquētrīs | ||||
| Accusative | triquētrum | triquētram | triquētrum | triquētrōs | triquētrās | triquētra | |
| Ablative | triquētrō | triquētrā | triquētrō | triquētrīs | |||
| Vocative | triquētre | triquētra | triquētrum | triquētrī | triquētrae | triquētra | |
Derived terms
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 636
Further reading
- triquetrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- triquetrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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