trine
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.
Adjective edit
trine (not comparable)
- Triple; threefold.
- (astrology) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 1, member 2, subsection ii:
- The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […]
Synonyms edit
- (triple; threefold): tern, treble; see also Thesaurus:triple
Noun edit
trine (plural trines)
- A group of three things.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Eighth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
- a single trine of brazen tortoises
- (astrology) An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
Synonyms edit
- (a group of three things): threesome, triad; see also Thesaurus:trio
Verb edit
trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)
- (transitive, astrology) To put in the aspect of a trine.
- 1697, Virgil, “Palamon and Arcite”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.
- (archaic, UK, thieves' cant) To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
- 1612, Thomas Dekker, Lantern and Candlelight[1]:
- Been Darkmans then booz Mort and Ken, / The been Coves bing awast / On Chats to trine by Rum-Coves dine, / For his long lib at last.
- 1988, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Our Country's Good, act 2, scene 1:
- Liz, he says, why trine for a make, when you can wap for a winne. I'm no dimber mort, I says. Don't ask you to be a swell mollisher, sister, coves want Miss Laycock, don't look at your mug. So I begin to sell my mother of saints.
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”).
Verb edit
trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To go.
- 1647, John Fletcher, Beggars' Bush[2], published 1706, act 3, scene 3, page 42:
- Twang dell's, i' the strommell, and let the Quire Cuffin: / And Herman Beck strine and trine to the Ruffin.
- 1673, Richard Head, “The Beggars Curse”, in The Canting Academy[3]:
- From thence at the Nubbing-cheat we trine in the Lightmans.
References edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “trine”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
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Numeral edit
trine
- Alternative form of trin (“three”)
References edit
- “trine” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
Italian edit
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trine f
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtriː.ne/, [ˈt̪riːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ne/, [ˈt̪riːne]
Numeral edit
trīne
References edit
- trine in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.
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trine
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Descendants edit
- English: trine
References edit
- “trīne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
trine
- Alternative form of trynen
Portuguese edit
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trine
- inflection of trinar:
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trine
- inflection of trinar: