tricorniger
Latin edit
Etymology edit
tri- (“three”) + cornū (“horn”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈkor.ni.ɡer/, [t̪rɪˈkɔrnɪɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈkor.ni.d͡ʒer/, [t̪riˈkɔrnid͡ʒer]
Adjective edit
tricorniger (feminine tricornigera, neuter tricornigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- having three horns
- having three points; trifurcate
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tricorniger | tricornigera | tricornigerum | tricornigerī | tricornigerae | tricornigera | |
| Genitive | tricornigerī | tricornigerae | tricornigerī | tricornigerōrum | tricornigerārum | tricornigerōrum | |
| Dative | tricornigerō | tricornigerō | tricornigerīs | ||||
| Accusative | tricornigerum | tricornigeram | tricornigerum | tricornigerōs | tricornigerās | tricornigera | |
| Ablative | tricornigerō | tricornigerā | tricornigerō | tricornigerīs | |||
| Vocative | tricorniger | tricornigera | tricornigerum | tricornigerī | tricornigerae | tricornigera | |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “tricorniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tricorniger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.