trifidus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From tri- (“three”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fi.dus/, [ˈt̪rɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fi.dus/, [ˈt̪riːfid̪us]

Adjective edit

trifidus (feminine trifida, neuter trifidum); first/second-declension adjective

trifid, split into three parts
three-pronged

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
Nominative	trifidus	trifida	trifidum		trifidī	trifidae	trifida
Genitive	trifidī	trifidae	trifidī		trifidōrum	trifidārum	trifidōrum
Dative	trifidō	trifidae	trifidō		trifidīs
Accusative	trifidum	trifidam	trifidum		trifidōs	trifidās	trifida
Ablative	trifidō	trifidā	trifidō		trifidīs
Vocative	trifide	trifida	trifidum		trifidī	trifidae	trifida

Coordinate terms edit

bifidus, quadrifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus, multifidus

Descendants edit

→ English: trifid
→ French: trifide
→ Italian: trifido
→ Spanish: trífido

References edit

“trifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“trifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
trifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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