Tricostus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈkos.tus/, [t̪rɪˈkɔs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈkos.tus/, [t̪riˈkɔst̪us]

Proper noun

Tricostus m sg (genitive Tricostī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Opiter Verginius Tricostus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tricostus
Genitive	Tricostī
Dative	Tricostō
Accusative	Tricostum
Ablative	Tricostō
Vocative	Tricoste

References

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